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The practical imperialist : letters from a Danish planter in German East Africa 1888-1906 /

This book provides a rare opportunity to follow the daily life on and around plantations and towns in the first years of the German colonial presence in East Africa, as seen through the eyes of a Danish master farmer working for the German East Africa Company. There are few memoirs and personal lett...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Parpart, Jane L., Rostgaard, Marianne
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006.
Colección:Sources for African history ; v. 4.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of llustrations.
  • Foreword by Mogens Thøgersen , Director of Vendsyssel Historiske
  • Museum
  • Foreword by the editors
  • Note on editing
  • Map of Tanganyika with names of places and tribal names
  • Modern map (1976) of the Northern East Coast of Tanzania
  • Chapter 1 Christian Lautherborn: The Danish Context
  • Chapter 2 The African Context: German East Africa 1888-1906
  • Chapter 3 Journey to Africa and Settling In
  • Chapter 4 The War in East Africa: Pangani and Bagamoyo
  • Chapter 5 End of War in Bagamoyo and Stanley's Visit
  • Chapter 6 Rebuilding Bagamoyo and Return to Pangani
  • Chapter 7 Kikogwe: The Cotton Plantation
  • Chapter 8 Kikogwe and Mwera: Cotton and Coffee
  • Chapter 9 Kikogwe and Sisal: Last Years in Africa
  • Bibliography (Chapters 3-9)
  • Glossary
  • Index.