"What do we mean when we say that the greater part of Africa is uncivilised? Surely the mere enjoyment of such things as railways and telegraphs and the like do not necessarily prove their possessors to be in the front rank of civilised nations." (Bishop Tozier, 1875). Discuss the treatment of "civilisation" as portrayed in two or more works. One of the problems faced by the contemporary reader when examining texts dealing with the issues of colonisation and empire, is how to deal with the idea of civilisation. ...

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