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Berenson, Edward, 1949-

Heroes of empire : five charismatic men and the conquest of Africa / Edward Berenson. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011. - xii, 360 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Henry Morton Stanley and the new journalism -- Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza and the making of the French Third Republic -- Charles Gordon, imperial saint -- The "Stanley craze" -- Jean-Baptiste Marchand, Fashoda, and the Dreyfus Affair -- Brazza and the scandal of the Congo -- Hubert Lyautey and the French seizure of Morocco.

ISBN: 9780520272583 0520234278 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2010016819

Subjects--Personal Names:
Stanley, Henry M. 1841-1904.
Brazza, Pierre Savorgnan de, 1852-1905.
Gordon, Charles George, 1833-1885.
Marchand, Jean-Baptiste, 1863-1934.
Lyautey, Louis Hubert Gonzalve, 1854-1934.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Mass media--History--France--19th century.
Mass media--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Explorers--Europe--Biography.
Explorers--Africa--Biography.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Africa--Discovery and exploration--European.

LC Class. No.: DT3. / B467 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 916.04/2309224