数量xvii, 825 p. maps. 24 cm.
一般注記"Essays presented at a conference on imperial rivalry and colonial rule held at Yale University in the spring of 1965." The conference was sponsored by the university's Concilium on International Studies.
A related work, France and Britain in Africa: imperial rivalry and colonial rule, was published in 1971, containing papers of a second conference.
書誌注記Bibliography: p. 774-793.