Rogue Empires

Nonfiction, History, Modern, 19th Century, Africa, European General
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Author: Steven Press ISBN: 9780674978836
Publisher: Harvard University Press Publication: April 10, 2017
Imprint: Harvard University Press Language: English
Author: Steven Press
ISBN: 9780674978836
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication: April 10, 2017
Imprint: Harvard University Press
Language: English

In the 1880s Europeans grabbed vast swaths of the African continent, using documents, not guns, as their weapon of choice. Steven Press follows a paper trail of questionable contracts to discover the confidence men who exploited a loophole in international law to assert sovereignty over lands, and whose actions touched off the Scramble for Africa.

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In the 1880s Europeans grabbed vast swaths of the African continent, using documents, not guns, as their weapon of choice. Steven Press follows a paper trail of questionable contracts to discover the confidence men who exploited a loophole in international law to assert sovereignty over lands, and whose actions touched off the Scramble for Africa.

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