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

Author/creator Minawi, Mostafa, 1974- author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2016]
Descriptionxviii, 219 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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 century.
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 189-209) and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Minawi, Mostafa, 1974- author. Ottoman scramble for Africa. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2016] 9780804799294
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2016004871
ISBN9780804795142 (cloth ; alk. paper)
ISBN0804795142 (cloth ; alk. paper)
ISBN9780804799270 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
ISBN080479927X (pbk. ; alk. paper)

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