The Practical Imperialist
Letters from a Danish Planter in German East Africa 1888-1906
Published on 26. January 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-90-04-14742-3 (ISBN)
Description
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 letters from these years, and existent letters are primarily by explorers, colonial officials, missionaries or the occasional settler. Lautherborn's material provides one of the very few entry points into the daily business of colonial expansion and consolidation in the early years of German East Africa as seen through the eyes of a practical man trying to do a job in a complex and changing world.
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"The translation of these letters into English offers anyone interested in Tanzania history a fascinating source" (Emma Hunter, Tanzanian Affairs, Aug. 2007)More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 243 mm
Width: 162 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
472 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-14742-3 (9789004147423)
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Jane Parpart | Marianne Rostgaard
The Practical Imperialist
Letters from a Danish Planter in German East Africa 1888-1906
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Persons
Marianne Rostgaard, Ph.D. (1991) is an Associate Professor at Aalborg University, Denmark. She has mainly published on Danish 19th and 20th century social and cultural history.
Jane L. Parpart is Professor of International Development Studies, History and Gender Studies at Dalhousie University and visiting professor in politics at Stellenbosch.
Jane L. Parpart is Professor of International Development Studies, History and Gender Studies at Dalhousie University and visiting professor in politics at Stellenbosch.
Content
List of llustrations .
Foreword by Mogens Thogersen, 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
Foreword by Mogens Thogersen, 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