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Heroes of empire : five charismatic men and the conquest of Africa / Edward Berenson.
LIBRA DT3 .B467 2011
Available from offsite location
- 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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