{"product_id":"the-scramble-for-africa-1876-1912-by-thomas-pakenham-1991-1st-hardcover-edition-2nd-printing","title":"The Scramble for Africa 1876-1912 by Thomas Pakenham (1991) 1st Hardcover edition, 2nd printing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eThe Scramble for Africa 1876-1912 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eby Thomas Pakenham\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRandom House. 1991. Hardcover. (9.5 x 2.5 x 6 inches) 738pp. Tan boards with brown cloth spine. Gilt vignette on cover and gilt titles on spine. Mild foxing to the outer text block; spine ends gently pushed; contents clean, Near Fine. The dust jacket has a few short tears and mild edge wear, Very Good+ or better. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Treaty of Berlin and the scramble that it set off was a most vital and defining period in terms of the West’s engagement with Africa. Written in an encyclopedic breadth of scholarship, there are shocking tales in this book of how the colonialists behaved. Men like King Leopold of Belgium who murdered gigantic numbers of people in forcing them to grow rubber. And Rhodes – who conquered Rhodesia partly by introducing smallpox-infected blankets as gifts to the Matabele [now Ndebele].\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dutty Boukman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49257121349784,"sku":null,"price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0591\/3935\/8872\/files\/DSC_0211copy_a5da592f-6a4e-42bf-af2b-42d243381d78.jpg?v=1781653533","url":"https:\/\/duttyboukman.art\/products\/the-scramble-for-africa-1876-1912-by-thomas-pakenham-1991-1st-hardcover-edition-2nd-printing","provider":"Dutty Boukman","version":"1.0","type":"link"}