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Violent intermediaries : African soldiers, conquest, and everyday colonialism in German East Africa /
The 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 Wor...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Athens, OH :
Ohio University Press,
2014.
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| Collection: | New African histories series.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | The 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, mil. |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (xxi, 328 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-322) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780821444870 0821444875 9780821420898 0821420895 |