ISBN:
0226647447
,
0226647455
Language:
English
Pages:
XVIII, 322, [38] S.
,
Ill., Kt.
DDC:
327.4106883
Keywords:
Chamberlain, Joseph 〈1836-1914〉
;
Khama 〈African chief, ca. 1830-1923〉
;
Khama Tshekedi
;
Geschichte 1800-1900
;
Geschichte 1895
;
Afrikanen
;
Publieke opinie
;
Victoriaanse tijd
;
Außenpolitik
;
Geschichte
;
Africans Travel 19th century
;
History
;
Public opinion History 19th century
;
Reise
;
Fürst
;
Afrikaner
;
Afrika
;
Großbritannien
;
Africa Foreign public opinion
;
Botswana Foreign relations
;
Great Britain Foreign relations
;
Great Britain History Victoria, 1837-1901
;
England
;
Khama Tshekedi Mangwato, Regent 1905-1959
;
Afrikaner
;
Fürst
;
Reise
;
England
;
Geschichte 1895
Abstract:
In 1895 three African chiefs traveled to England to persuade Queen Victoria not to give their lands to Cecil Rhodes. Appealing to the middle-class morality of Victorian society, the chiefs began a tour of the British Isles for their cause. They were remarkably successful in gaining support, eventually swaying Secretary of State for the Colonies Joseph Chamberlain into drafting the agreement that secured their territories against the encroachment of Rhodesia, leading indirectly to the independence of present-day Botswana. Historian Neil Parsons has reconstructed this unusual journey with the help of African archival materials and press clippings from British newspapers, gathered by a clippings service the chiefs had the foresight to employ. A full record of an African Journey of exploration in the nineteenth century, the book provides as well a view from the other side of colonialism and imperialism, and does so with the richness and depth of a fully realized novel.
Permalink
