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Autore |
Perras Arne |
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Carl Peters and German imperialism, 1856-1918 [[electronic resource] ] : a political biography / / Arne Perras |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Clarendon Press, 2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-83833-7 |
0-19-151472-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (299 p.) |
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Collana |
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Oxford historical monographs |
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Disciplina |
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325.343092B |
325/.343/092 B |
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Soggetti |
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Colonial administrators - German East Africa |
Politicians - Germany |
Imperialism |
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Germany Colonies Africa History |
Germany Foreign relations 1848-1870 |
Germany Foreign relations 1871-1918 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 264-274) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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