The Ottoman scramble for Africa : empire and diplomacy in the Sahara and the Hijaz /
Mostafa Minawi.
- xviii, 219 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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.