LEADER 03272nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910451112803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-83833-7 010 $a0-19-151472-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000408714 035 $a(EBL)422696 035 $a(OCoLC)476258956 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000118223 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12017548 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000118223 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10051417 035 $a(PQKB)10809251 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC422696 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL422696 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10266552 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL83833 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000408714 100 $a20041101d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCarl Peters and German imperialism, 1856-1918$b[electronic resource] $ea political biography /$fArne Perras 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cClarendon Press$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (299 p.) 225 1 $aOxford historical monographs 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-926510-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 264-274) and index. 327 $aContents; 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 327 $aBibliographyIndex 330 $aCarl Peters (1856-1918) ranked among Germany's most prominent imperialists in the nineteenth century. He became known as the founder of Deutsch-Ostafrika, a region many Germans saw as the pearl of their overseas possessions, and his memory was revered in Nazi Germany. This biography reveals his role in Germany's colonial expansion. - ;Carl Peters (1856-1918) ranked among Germany's most prominent imperialists in the Bismarckian and Wilhelmine periods. In the 1880s he emerged as a leader of the colonial movement and became known as the founder of Deutsch-Ostafrika, a region many Germans regarded 410 0$aOxford historical monographs. 606 $aColonial administrators$zGerman East Africa$vBiography 606 $aPoliticians$zGermany$vBiography 606 $aImperialism 607 $aGermany$xColonies$zAfrica$xHistory 607 $aGermany$xForeign relations$y1848-1870 607 $aGermany$xForeign relations$y1871-1918 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aColonial administrators 615 0$aPoliticians 615 0$aImperialism. 676 $a325.343092B 676 $a325/.343/092 B 700 $aPerras$b Arne$0922193 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451112803321 996 $aCarl Peters and German imperialism, 1856-1918$92069340 997 $aUNINA