Format:
1 Online-Ressource (303 Seiten)
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Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:
9783515111195
Series Statement:
Transatlantische historische Studien Band 56
Content:
In Encountering Empire, Elisabeth Engel traces how black American missionaries – men and women grappling with their African heritage – established connections in Africa during the heyday of European colonialism. Reconstructing the black American 'colonial encounter,' Engel analyzes the images, transatlantic relationships, and possibilities of representation African American missionaries developed for themselves while negotiating colonial regimes. Between 1900 and 1939, these missionaries paved the way for the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the oldest independent black American institution, to establish a presence in Britain's sub-Saharan colonies. Illuminating a neglected chapter of Atlantic history, Engel demonstrates that African Americans used imperial structures for their own self-determination. Encountering Empire thus challenges the notion that pan-Africanism was the only viable strategy for black emancipation.
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite [275]-296
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Dissertation Freie Universität Berlin
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783515111171
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Engel, Elisabeth Encountering empire Stuttgart : Franz Steiner Verlag, 2015 ISBN 3515111174
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783515111171
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
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Ethnology
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English Studies
Keywords:
Afrika
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African Methodist Episcopal Church
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Schwarze
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Missionar
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Kolonialismus
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Geschichte 1900-1939
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Hochschulschrift
DOI:
10.25162/9783515111195
URN:
urn:nbn:de:101:1-20151015742
Author information:
Hampf, M. Michaela 1971-
