UID:
almafu_9959242678602883
Format:
1 online resource (xi, 286 pages) :
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illustrations.
ISBN:
1-383-04069-9
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1-280-83833-7
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0-19-151472-1
Series Statement:
Oxford historical monographs
Content:
Carl Peters (1856-1918) ranked among Germany's most prominent imperialists in the nineteenth century. He became known as the founder of Deutsch-Ostafrika, a region many Germans saw as the pearl of their overseas possessions, and his memory was revered in Nazi Germany. This biography reveals his role in Germany's colonial expansion. - ;Carl Peters (1856-1918) ranked among Germany's most prominent imperialists in the Bismarckian and Wilhelmine periods. In the 1880s he emerged as a leader of the colonial movement and became known as the founder of Deutsch-Ostafrika, a region many Germans regarded
Note:
CIP entry (Sep.)
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Originally published: 2002.
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Previously issued in print: 2004.
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Contents; Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; 1. ACADEMIC LAURELS AND EMPTY POCKETS: PETERS'S EARLY YEARS (1856-1883); 2. THE QUEST FOR EAST AFRICA (1884-1885); 3. 'FROM THE NYASSA TO THE NILE': PETERS AND THE GERMAN EAST AFRICA COMPANY (1885-1887); 4. RESCUING EMIN PASHA (1888-1890); 5. AFTER BISMARCK: THE HELIGOLAND-ZANZIBAR AGREEMENT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES (1890-1891); 6. KING OR PAWN? PETERS ON KILIMANJARO (1891-1892); 7. COLONIAL SCANDAL (1892-1897); 8. STRUGGLING FOR A POLITICAL COMEBACK (1897-1918); 9. TOWARDS NEW GLORY (1919-1945); 10. PETERS'S DISPUTED LEGACY AFTER 1945; CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-926510-0
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780199265107.001.0001
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