03462nam 2200721Ia 450 991082091910332120200520144314.01-383-04069-91-280-83833-70-19-151472-110.1093/oso/9780199265107.001.0001(CKB)1000000000408714(EBL)422696(OCoLC)476258956(SSID)ssj0000118223(PQKBManifestationID)12017548(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000118223(PQKBWorkID)10051417(PQKB)10809251(Au-PeEL)EBL422696(CaPaEBR)ebr10266552(CaONFJC)MIL83833(OCoLC)1406782692(MiAaPQ)EBC422696(EXLCZ)99100000000040871420041101d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCarl Peters and German imperialism, 1856-1918 a political biography /Arne PerrasOxford ;New York Clarendon Press20041 online resource (xi, 286 pages) illustrationsOxford historical monographsCIP entry (Sep.)Originally published: 2002.Previously issued in print: 2004.0-19-926510-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 264-274) and index.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; IndexCarl 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 regardedOxford historical monographs.Colonial administratorsGerman East AfricaBiographyPoliticiansGermanyBiographyImperialismGermanyColoniesAfricaHistoryGermanyForeign relations1848-1870GermanyForeign relations1871-1918Colonial administratorsPoliticiansImperialism.325.343092B325/.343/092 B325.343092Perras Arne1600945MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820919103321Carl Peters and German imperialism, 1856-19183924318UNINA