| Description |
xviii, 322 pages, 38 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Table of contents for King Khama, Emperor Joe, and the great white queen : Victorian Britain through African eyes / Neil Parsons. -- Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog -- Information from electronic data provided by the publisher. May be incomplete or contain other coding. -- List of Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- A Note on Terminology -- Introduction: Epiphany on Clifton Bridge -- 1. Then Let Us All be Philistines -- 2. A Trinity of Dusky Kings -- 3. Another Sphere of Existence -- 4. We See You with Our Eyes -- 5. Besieged by a Curious Crowd -- 6. A Kind of Middle-Class Royalty -- 7. The Day a King Came to Enderby -- 8. They are Strong and We are Weak -- 9. The Fountain Whence Came the Missionaires -- 10. A Thing to Look at with the Teeth -- 11. In Every Town we have Found Friends -- 12. Khama Will Play the Old Gooseberry -- 13. Chamberlain's Settlement -- 14. Rhodes Beaten by Three Canting Natives -- 15. I Had No Idea She Was So Small -- 16. Dr. Jameson, You Have Got a Smooth Tongue -- Conclusion: Half a Loaf? -- Appendix: Ballads of the 1895 Tour -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Africans Travel Great Britain History 19th century, Public opinion Great Britain History 19th century, Chamberlain, Joseph, 1836-1914 Views on Africa, Africa Foreign public opinion Great Britain, Great Britain History Victoria, 1837-1901, Botswana Foreign relations Great Britain, Great Britain Foreign relations Botswana, Khama, African chief, ca, 1830-1923 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
Bibliography: p291-302. _ Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [291]-302) and index |
| Subject |
Khama III, Chief of the Bamangwato, approximately 1837-1923.
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Khama III, Chief of the Bamangwato, approximately 1837-1923 -- Travel -- England.
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Khama, Chief of the Bamangwato III, approximately 1837-1923
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Chamberlain, Joseph, 1836-1914.
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Africans -- Travel -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Public opinion -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Africa http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001531 -- Foreign public opinion http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005785 -- Great Britain.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79023147
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Botswana -- Foreign relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85016038 -- Great Britain.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79023147
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Great Britain -- Foreign relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056684 -- Botswana.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79079238
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Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056823
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Africa. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001531
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| LC no. |
97037111 |
| ISBN |
0226647447 (alk. paper) |
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0226647455 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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