Rogue empires :: contracts and conmen in Europe's scramble for Africa /
Rogue Empires takes a new look at the origins and consequences of a key moment in European History: the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885. Drawing on archival research conducted in ten countries and three languages, the book argues that the flood of rogue empires in Africa came about due to a short-liv...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Rogue Empires takes a new look at the origins and consequences of a key moment in European History: the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885. Drawing on archival research conducted in ten countries and three languages, the book argues that the flood of rogue empires in Africa came about due to a short-lived European obsession with events happening far away, in Southeast Asia. European investors there had recently promoted an idea of buying empires through "private" purchases of sovereignty: full control over a place's resources and people, with neither monitoring by third parties, nor any accountability to a nation, nor, in most cases, the awareness of affected indigenous peoples. Once this idea made its way back around the world to European capitals, it inspired a number of important figures, notably German chancellor Otto von Bismarck and British Prime Minister William Gladstone, to support a string of copycat ventures in Sub-Saharan Africa.-- |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (371 pages) : maps |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| spelling | Press, Steven, author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2016148570 Rogue empires : contracts and conmen in Europe's scramble for Africa / Steven Press. Contracts and conmen in Europe's scramble for Africa Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017. ©2017 1 online resource (371 pages) : maps text txt rdacontent cartographic image crt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda nat Americans lcdgt Includes bibliographical references and index. The man who bought a country -- The emergence of an idea -- King Leopold's Borneo -- Bismarck's Borneo -- The Berlin Conference -- Epilogue : Afterlives. Rogue Empires takes a new look at the origins and consequences of a key moment in European History: the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885. Drawing on archival research conducted in ten countries and three languages, the book argues that the flood of rogue empires in Africa came about due to a short-lived European obsession with events happening far away, in Southeast Asia. European investors there had recently promoted an idea of buying empires through "private" purchases of sovereignty: full control over a place's resources and people, with neither monitoring by third parties, nor any accountability to a nation, nor, in most cases, the awareness of affected indigenous peoples. Once this idea made its way back around the world to European capitals, it inspired a number of important figures, notably German chancellor Otto von Bismarck and British Prime Minister William Gladstone, to support a string of copycat ventures in Sub-Saharan Africa.-- Provided by publisher. Steven Press is Assistant Professor of History at Stanford University and author of Rogue Empires. In English. Print version record. Berlin West Africa Conference (1884-1885 : Berlin, Germany) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85354834 Bismarck, Otto, Fürst von, 1815-1898. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79018384 Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79018726 Bismarck, Otto, Fürst von, 1815-1898 fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdRv9xXRjVq7XfrMxJCcP Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898 fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJyWQdXdvdW8kyW8yqTyh3 Berlin West Africa Conference fast Africa Colonization History. Europe Colonies Administration History. Europe Colonies Administration Histoire. SOCIAL SCIENCE Emigration & Immigration. bisacsh HISTORY Europe General. bisacsh Colonization fast Colonies Administration fast Africa fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJkHrMyfHC67yqRTycbrv3 History fast has work: Rogue empires (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCFPxKgTHyQ77TT4tV8jKVC https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Press, Steven. Rogue empires. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017 9780674971851 (DLC) 2016044726 (OCoLC)959648706 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1491564 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Press, Steven Rogue empires : contracts and conmen in Europe's scramble for Africa / The man who bought a country -- The emergence of an idea -- King Leopold's Borneo -- Bismarck's Borneo -- The Berlin Conference -- Epilogue : Afterlives. Berlin West Africa Conference (1884-1885 : Berlin, Germany) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85354834 Bismarck, Otto, Fürst von, 1815-1898. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79018384 Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79018726 Bismarck, Otto, Fürst von, 1815-1898 fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdRv9xXRjVq7XfrMxJCcP Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898 fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJyWQdXdvdW8kyW8yqTyh3 Berlin West Africa Conference fast SOCIAL SCIENCE Emigration & Immigration. bisacsh HISTORY Europe General. bisacsh Colonization fast Colonies Administration fast |
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| title | Rogue empires : contracts and conmen in Europe's scramble for Africa / |
| title_alt | Contracts and conmen in Europe's scramble for Africa |
| title_auth | Rogue empires : contracts and conmen in Europe's scramble for Africa / |
| title_exact_search | Rogue empires : contracts and conmen in Europe's scramble for Africa / |
| title_full | Rogue empires : contracts and conmen in Europe's scramble for Africa / Steven Press. |
| title_fullStr | Rogue empires : contracts and conmen in Europe's scramble for Africa / Steven Press. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rogue empires : contracts and conmen in Europe's scramble for Africa / Steven Press. |
| title_short | Rogue empires : |
| title_sort | rogue empires contracts and conmen in europe s scramble for africa |
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| topic | Berlin West Africa Conference (1884-1885 : Berlin, Germany) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85354834 Bismarck, Otto, Fürst von, 1815-1898. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79018384 Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79018726 Bismarck, Otto, Fürst von, 1815-1898 fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdRv9xXRjVq7XfrMxJCcP Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898 fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJyWQdXdvdW8kyW8yqTyh3 Berlin West Africa Conference fast SOCIAL SCIENCE Emigration & Immigration. bisacsh HISTORY Europe General. bisacsh Colonization fast Colonies Administration fast |
| topic_facet | Berlin West Africa Conference (1884-1885 : Berlin, Germany) Bismarck, Otto, Fürst von, 1815-1898. Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898. Bismarck, Otto, Fürst von, 1815-1898 Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898 Berlin West Africa Conference Africa Colonization History. Europe Colonies Administration History. Europe Colonies Administration Histoire. SOCIAL SCIENCE Emigration & Immigration. HISTORY Europe General. Colonization Colonies Administration Africa History |
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