"sub-imperialism" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1967, W[illiam] David McIntyre, “Mid-Victorian Imperialism: A Pragmatic Approach to Empire”, in The Imperial Frontier in the Tropics, 1865–75: A Study of British Colonial Policy in West Africa, Malaya and the South Pacific in the Age of Gladstone and Disraeli, London: Macmillan and Co.; New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →OCLC, page 380:",
          "text": "Behind each experiment there was an important element of ‘sub-imperialism’. In West Africa, the Lagos merchants and Government became entangled in the Yoruba region. Sierra Leonians became involved in the northern rivers and some even looked to the interior of Soudan.",
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          "text": "And the situation is further complicated by the nascent or sub-imperialisms of the Indians and the Chinese, as shown for example by the dispute over Indonesian actions against Chinese traders.",
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          "ref": "1975, G. N. Sanderson, “The European Partition of Africa: Coincidence or Conjuncture?”, in E[rnest] F[rancis] Penrose, editor, European Imperialism and the Partition of Africa, London; Portland, Or.: Frank Cass and Company, →ISBN, page 39:",
          "text": "The other [new force] was Cecil Rhodes' unlimited expansion to the north, a 'personal' sub-imperialism far transcending the traditional Cape goal of local paramountcy, but yet serving it: […]",
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          "ref": "1985, Marcia Wright, “East Africa, 1870–1905”, in Ronald Oliver, G. N. Sanderson, editors, The Cambridge History of Africa, volume 6 (From 1870 to 1905), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, published 2001, →ISBN, page 580:",
          "text": "Upon the conclusion of the 1900 Buganda Agreement, an oligarchy in Buganda, composed mainly of Christians, with Protestants in the strongest position, achieved one of the most impressive settlements in the annals of sub-imperialism. This agreement guaranteed that the Bakungu chiefs would be the principal class mediating between the colonial power and the common people.",
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