Navigating colonial orders : Norwegian entrepreneurship in Africa and Oceania /

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Norwegians in colonial Africa and Oceania had varying aspirations and adapted in different ways to changing social, political and geographical circumstances in foreign, colonial settings. They included Norwegian shipowners, captains, and diplomats; traders and whalers along the African coast and in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Kjerland, Kirsten Alsaker, Bertelsen, Bjorn Enge
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Berghahn Books, 2014.
Temas:
Colonies > Africa > Economic conditions.
Colonies > Oceania > Economic conditions.
Norwegians > Africa > History.
Norwegians > Oceania > History.
Entrepreneurship > Africa > History.
Entrepreneurship > Oceania > History.
Norvégiens > Afrique > Histoire.
Norvégiens > Océanie > Histoire.
Entrepreneuriat > Afrique > Histoire.
Entrepreneuriat > Océanie > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Colonialism & Post-Colonialism.
Colonies > Economic conditions.
Entrepreneurship.
International economic relations.
Norwegians.
Norway > Foreign economic relations > Africa.
Norway > Foreign economic relations > Oceania.
Africa > Foreign economic relations > Norway.
Oceania > Foreign economic relations > Norway.
Afrique > Relations économiques extérieures > Norvège.
Océanie > Relations économiques extérieures > Norvège.
Africa.
Norway.
Oceania.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Norwegians in colonial Africa and Oceania had varying aspirations and adapted in different ways to changing social, political and geographical circumstances in foreign, colonial settings. They included Norwegian shipowners, captains, and diplomats; traders and whalers along the African coast and in Antarctica; large-scale plantation owners in Mozambique and Hawai'i; big business men in South Africa; jacks of all trades in the Solomon Islands; timber merchants on Zanzibar' coffee farmers in Kenya; and King Leopold's footmen in Congo. This collection reveals narratives of the colonial era that.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (413 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781782385400
1782385401

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