LEADER 02761nam 2200589 450 001 9910828285503321 005 20230803203452.0 010 $a0-8214-4487-5 035 $a(CKB)3710000000149904 035 $a(EBL)1743723 035 $a(OCoLC)884016968 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001262654 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11757969 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001262654 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11216107 035 $a(PQKB)10147048 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1743723 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1743723 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10889332 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000149904 100 $a20140718h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aViolent intermediaries $eAfrican soldiers, conquest, and everyday colonialism in German East Africa /$fMichelle R. Moyd 210 1$aAthens, Ohio :$cOhio University Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (351 p.) 225 1 $aNew African Histories 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8214-2089-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIllustrations; 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 330 $aThe askari, African soldiers recruited in the 1890s to fill the ranks of the German East African colonial army, occupy a unique space at the intersection of East African history, German colonial history, and military history. Lauded by Germans for their loyalty during the East Africa campaign of World War I, but reviled by Tanzanians for the violence they committed during the making of the colonial state between 1890 and 1918, the askari have been poorly understood as historical agents. Violent Intermediaries situates them in their everyday household, community, military, and constabulary ro 410 0$aNew African histories series. 606 $aMercenary troops$zGerman East Africa 607 $aGerman East Africa$xHistory, Military 607 $aGerman East Africa$xHistory 607 $aGerman East Africa$xColonization 607 $aGermany$xColonies$zAfrica, East 615 0$aMercenary troops 676 $a967.802 700 $aMoyd$b Michelle R.$f1968-$01627397 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910828285503321 996 $aViolent intermediaries$93963987 997 $aUNINA