In this fascinating story of colonial competition around Lake Rudolf, a remote body of water in northern Kenya, Pascal James Imperato examines the political and diplomatic aspects of colonial competition for the lake as well as the many expeditions that traveled there. Although the chief competitors for the lake included the British, Italians, the French, Russians, and Ethiopians, its colonial fate was decided by Great Britain and Ethiopia. The role of Ethiopia as a late nineteenth-century colonial power unfolds as Imperato provides unique insights and analyses of Ethiopian colonial policy and its effects on the peoples who inhabited the region of the lake.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Routledge
ISBN-10
0813327911
ISBN-13
9780813327914
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1040951
Product Key Features
Author
Pascal James Imperato
Publication Name
Quest for the Jade Sea : Colonial Competition Around an East African Lake
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
1998
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
360 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Width
6in
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Dt434.R75i47 1998
Copyright Date
1998
Target Audience
College Audience
Topic
Africa / General, Comparative Religion, General, Africa / East