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The Ottoman scramble for Africa : empire and diplomacy in the Sahara and the Hijaz / Mostafa Minawi.

By: Minawi, Mostafa, 1974- [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2016]Description: xviii, 219 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780804795142 (cloth : alk. paper); 9780804799270 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780804799294 (electronic)Subject(s): Berlin West Africa Conference (1884-1885 : Berlin, Germany) | Imperialism -- History -- 19th century | Turkey -- Foreign relations -- 1878-1909 | Turkey -- Foreign relations -- Europe | Europe -- Foreign relations -- Turkey | Africa -- Colonization -- History -- 19th century | Hejaz (Saudi Arabia) -- Colonization -- History -- 19th centuryAdditional physical formats: Online version:: Ottoman scramble for AfricaDDC classification: 327.56009/034 LOC classification: DR571 | .M56 2016
Contents:
Introduction : old empire, new empire -- Ottoman Libya, the eastern Sahara, and the central African kingdoms -- The legal production of Ottoman colonial Africa -- The diplomatic fight for Ottoman Africa -- Resistance and fortification, 1894-1899 -- Transimperial strategies for an intercontinental empire -- The local meets the global on an imperial frontier -- Conclusion : the blinding teleology of failure.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books The BIAA David H. French Library
Shelf 62 - Reading Room
H2n MINAW 32550 Not for loan BOOKS-000000025427

Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-209) and index.

Introduction : old empire, new empire -- Ottoman Libya, the eastern Sahara, and the central African kingdoms -- The legal production of Ottoman colonial Africa -- The diplomatic fight for Ottoman Africa -- Resistance and fortification, 1894-1899 -- Transimperial strategies for an intercontinental empire -- The local meets the global on an imperial frontier -- Conclusion : the blinding teleology of failure.