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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820919103321

Autore

Perras Arne

Titolo

Carl Peters and German imperialism, 1856-1918 : a political biography / / Arne Perras

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Clarendon Press, 2004

ISBN

1-383-04069-9

1-280-83833-7

0-19-151472-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (xi, 286 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Oxford historical monographs

Disciplina

325.343092B

325/.343/092 B

325.343092

Soggetti

Colonial administrators - German East Africa

Politicians - Germany

Imperialism

Germany Colonies Africa History

Germany Foreign relations 1848-1870

Germany Foreign relations 1871-1918

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

CIP entry (Sep.)

Originally published: 2002.

Previously issued in print: 2004.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 264-274) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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



Sommario/riassunto

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