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Very Good in Very Good jacket. xiii + 260pp, 2 maps, 3 plates. Unmarked, VG++ in VG+ dustjacket. "Although the Congo never became a British possession, British activity in the region in the period 1800-1890 took a remarkable variety of forms. These ranged from the simple conclusion of treaties with petty African tribes to the project of making Portugal the guardian of Free Trade and British interests; from the modest exertions of a few small firms to an ambitious scheme for the establishment of British economic predominance in the Congo basin under the umbrella of the Congo Free Syate. This last scheme and its antecedents perhaps constitute the most significant theme, involving the study of the relations of Sir William MacKinnon, James F. Hutton of Manchester, Sir John Kirk and H.M. Stanley with Leopold II and of their powerful opposition to the British Government's attempted solution of the Congo question. Save in that the ultimate step of annexation was never taken on the Congo, this book is a study of 19th century British expansion in microcosm." (from the blurb). O25C.
