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Moyd Michelle R. <1968-> |
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Violent intermediaries : African soldiers, conquest, and everyday colonialism in German East Africa / / Michelle R. Moyd |
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Athens, Ohio : , : Ohio University Press, , 2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (351 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Mercenary troops - German East Africa |
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German East Africa History, Military |
German East Africa History |
German East Africa Colonization |
Germany Colonies Africa, East |
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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 and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; A Note on Spellings, Currency, and Measurements; Introduction: Reconstructing Askari Realities; 1: Becoming Askari; 2: Making Askari Ways of War; 3: The Askari Way of War; 4: Station Life; 5: Askari as Agents of Everyday Colonialism; Conclusion: Making Askari Myths; Chronology; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index |
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The askari, African soldiers recruited in the 1890s to fill the ranks of the German East African colonial army, occupy a unique space at the intersection of East African history, German colonial history, and military history. Lauded by Germans for their loyalty during the East Africa campaign of World War I, but reviled by Tanzanians for the violence they committed during the making of the colonial state between 1890 and 1918, the askari have been poorly understood as historical agents. Violent Intermediaries situates them in their everyday household, community, military, and constabulary ro |
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