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Author:

Berenson, Edward, 1949-

Title:

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

Publisher:

University of California Press,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

xii, 360 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Africa--European.--European.
Stanley, Henry M.--(Henry Morton),--1841-1904.
Brazza, Pierre Savorgnan de,--1852-1905.
Gordon, Charles George,--1833-1885.
Marchand, Jean-Baptiste,--1863-1934.
Lyautey, Louis Hubert Gonzalve,--1854-1934.
Mass media--France--History--19th century.
Mass media--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Explorers--Europe--Biography.
Explorers--Africa--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN:

0520234278 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520234277 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)606760466

LCCN:

2010016819

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)