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The Diplomacy of Partition

Britain, France and the Creation of Nigeria, 1890–1898

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  1. Claire Hirshfield
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Part of the book series: Studies in Contemporary History (SICH, volume 2)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • Claire Hirshfield
    Pages 1-2

  3. The Genesis of Interest

    • Claire Hirshfield
    Pages 3-30

  4. The Developing Crisis

    • Claire Hirshfield
    Pages 31-94

  5. The Deepening of the Crisis

    • Claire Hirshfield
    Pages 95-150

  6. The Final Stage: Climax and Settlement

    • Claire Hirshfield
    Pages 151-201

  7. Conclusion

    • Claire Hirshfield
    Pages 202-218

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 219-227
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About this book

In the spring of the year 1898 the long rivalry of Britain and France in West Africa reached a dangerous climax. The West African crisis was but one aspect of an extensive Anglo-French contest for colonial possessions which characterized the final decade of the nineteenth century. Competi­ tion for dominion went on relentlessly in the Nile Valley, along the banks of the Mekong in Southeast Asia, and within the territories of the Niger River Bend. The Upper Nile dispute dwarfed all others; and ultimately the inability of Britain and France to settle this question through diplo­ matic negotations was to lead to the confrontation at Fashoda. Simulta­ neously, however, a more obscure struggle was in process, namely the contest for possession of the thousand mile stretch of the Middle Niger. Aside from an infrequent flurry of diplomatic activity occasioned by the foray of an English or French officer into the little known realms of the Niger Bend, the protracted struggle for control of the river artery received scant notice. The Foreign Offices in both France and Britain traditionally regarded the region as one of secondary interest and tended to subordinate it to more pressing concerns. Even the eruption of a dan­ gerous crisis in West Africa in the spring of 1898 was somewhat over­ shadowed by the subsequent incident at Fashoda so that the earlier cli­ max appeared mainly a curtain raiser.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Diplomacy of Partition

  • Book Subtitle: Britain, France and the Creation of Nigeria, 1890–1898

  • Authors: Claire Hirshfield

  • Series Title: Studies in Contemporary History

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9275-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers by, The Hague 1979

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-247-2099-6Published: 30 June 1979

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-009-9277-1Published: 13 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-9275-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 234

  • Topics: History, general

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