1.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991001009809707536

Autore

D'Orazio, Giustino

Titolo

Condizione dello straniero e società democratica : sulle ragioni dello Stato / Giustino D'Orazio

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Padova : CEDAM, 1994

ISBN

8813189206

Descrizione fisica

X, 177 p. ; 21 cm.

Disciplina

342.45083

Soggetti

Stranieri - Diritto - Italia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910624312703321

Autore

Greiner Andreas

Titolo

Human Porterage and Colonial State Formation in German East Africa, 1880s–1914 : Tensions of Transport / / by Andreas Greiner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2022

ISBN

9783030894702

3030894703

Edizione

[1st ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (283 pages)

Collana

Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies, , 2635-1641

Disciplina

380.5

388.096709034

Soggetti

Africa - History

Imperialism

Europe, Central - History

Labor

History

African History

Imperialism and Colonialism

History of Germany and Central Europe

Labor History



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction: Tensions of Transport -- 2. Shouldering the State: Violence, Coercion, and Professionalism in State-Organized Transport -- 3. Facing an Established Business: The Self-Limitation of Colonial Rule -- 4. Carrying On: Caravan Labor and Legislation in the Colonial Era -- 5. Managing Mobility: The Colonial State as a Gatekeeper of Caravan Travel -- 6 -- Challenging Spatial Relations: The Colonial Quest for New Infrastructures -- 7. Epilogue.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a major contribution to African labor history, the history of everyday life under colonialism, and the history of logistics.” — Michelle Moyd, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA “This superbly researched and clearly argued book provides fresh insights into the limitations and legacies of colonial rule and the transformations it engendered.” — Andreas Eckert, Humboldt University Berlin, German This book explores the role of caravan transport and human porterage in the colony of German East Africa (present-day mainland Tanzania, Rwanda, and Burundi). With caravan mobility being of pivotal importance to colonial rule during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the exploration of vernacular transport and its governance during this period sheds new light on the trajectories of colonial statehood. The author addresses key questions such as the African resilience to colonial interventions, the issue of labor recruitment, and the volatility of colonial infrastructure. This book unveils a fundamental contradiction in the way that German administrators dealt with precolonial modes of transport in East Africa. While colonizers championed for the abolishment of caravan transport, they strongly depended on porters in the absence of pack animals or railways. To bring this contradiction to the fore, the author studies the shifting role of caravans in East Africa during the era of ‘high imperialism.’ Uncovering the extent to which porters and caravan entrepreneurs challenged and shaped colonial policymaking, this book provides an insightful read for historians studying German Empire and African history, as well as those interested in the history of transport and infrastructure. Andreas Greiner is a research fellow in global and transregional history at the German Historical Institute Washington (GHI), in the USA.. Before joining the GHI, he was a postdoctoral fellow in the Max Weber Program at the European University Institute in Florence and a research assistant for the Chair of Modern History at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zurich). .