From Slave Trade to Empire: European Colonisation of Black Africa 1780s-1880s
ISBN: 9780203323090
Platform/Publisher: Taylor & Francis / Routledge
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Subjects: Humanities; History; Imperial & Colonial History;

Much has been written about the origins of the great push which led Europe to colonise sub-Saharan Africa at the end of the nineteenth century. This book provides a new perspective on this controversial subject by focussing on Europe and a range of empire-building states: Germany, France, Italy and Portugal. The essays in this volume consider economic themes in addition to the political and cultural aspects of the transition from commerce to colonies.

Olivier Pétré-Grenouileau is Professor in Modern and Contemporary History at the University of Lorient. He has worked extensively on the French slave trade and French maritime expansion.

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