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Heroes of empire : five charismatic men and the conquest of Africa / Edward Berenson.

LIBRA DT3 .B467 2011
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Berenson, Edward, 1949-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Explorers.
Mass media.
History.
Discoveries in geography.
Africa--Discovery and exploration--European.
Africa.
Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton), 1841-1904.
Stanley, Henry M.
Brazza, Pierre Savorgnan de, 1852-1905.
Brazza, Pierre Savorgnan de.
Gordon, Charles George, 1833-1885.
Gordon, Charles George.
Marchand, Jean-Baptiste, 1863-1934.
Marchand, Jean-Baptiste.
Lyautey, Louis Hubert Gonzalve, 1854-1934.
Lyautey, Louis Hubert Gonzalve.
Mass media--France--History--19th century.
Mass media--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Explorers--Europe--Biography.
Explorers--Africa--Biography.
Europe.
Great Britain.
France.
Genre:
Biographies.
Physical Description:
xii, 360 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Berkeley : University of California Press, [2011]
Contents:
Henry Morton Stanley and the new journalism
Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza and the making of the French Third Republic
Charles Gordon, imperial saint
The "Stanley craze"
Jean-Baptiste Marchand, Fashoda, and the Dreyfus Affair
Brazza and the scandal of the Congo
Hubert Lyautey and the French seizure of Morocco.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780520234277
0520234278
OCLC:
606760466

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