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Africans and Britons in the age of empires, 1660-1980 / Myles Osborne and Susan Kingsley Kent.

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Africans and Britons in the Age of Empires, 1660-1980 tells the stories of the intertwined lives of African and British peoples over more than three centuries. In seven chapters and an epilogue, Myles Osborne and Susan Kingsley Kent explore the characters that comprised the British presence in Afric...

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Main Authors: Osborne, Myles (Author), Kent, Susan Kingsley, 1952 May 9- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Routledge, 2015.
Subjects:
Africa > Relations > Great Britain.
Great Britain > Relations > Africa.
British > Africa > History.
Africa > Colonial influence > History.
Great Britain > Colonies > Africa > History.
British.
British colonies.
Colonial influence.
International relations.
Africa.
Great Britain.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • The slave trade, abolition, and beyond, 1600-1840s
  • Missionaries, merchants, and explorers, 1840s-1880s
  • The scramble for Africa, 1870s-1900
  • Violence, negotiation, and the establishment of British administration, 1890s-1914
  • Africans in the white man's wars, 1914-1945
  • The road to independence, 1945-1960
  • Independence and beyond, 1960s-1970s
  • The legacy of colonialism.

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