Carl Peters and German Imperialism 1856-1918: A Political BiographyCarl Peters (1856-1918) ranked among Germany's most prominent imperialists in the Bismarckian and Wilhelmine periods. In the 1880s he emerged as a leader of the colonial movement and became known as the founder of Deutsch-Ostafrika, a region many Germans regarded as the pearl of their overseas possessions. In Nazi Germany he was revered as a precursor of Hitler and ascended retrospectively to new glory as a pioneer in the struggle for Lebensraum. This scholarly biography examines Peters's nationalist agenda and sheds light on his colonial expeditions into East Africa. It seeks to explain how this young academic who had written about Schopenhauer and metaphysics eventually became a skilful agitator for a German world empire. |
Contents
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PETERSS EARLY YEARS 18561883 | 14 |
2 THE QUEST FOR EAST AFRICA 18841885 | 31 |
PETERS AND THE GERMAN EAST AFRICA COMPANY 18851887 | 67 |
4 RESCUING EMIN PASHA 18881890 | 131 |
THE HELIGOLANDZANZIBAR AGREEMENT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES 18901891 | 168 |
6 KING OR PAWN? PETERS ON KILIMANJARO 18911892 | 185 |
7 COLONIAL SCANDAL 18921897 | 205 |
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Carl Peters and German Imperialism 1856-1918: A Political Biography Arne Perras Limited preview - 2004 |
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African agitation Allgemeine April Arendt Bagamoyo Bargash Berlin British Buganda Bülow Carl Peters Chagga Chancellor claimed CMS Archives coast coastal colonial movement colonial policy consul copy Dar es Salaam Deutsch-Ostafrika Deutsche deutschen Deutschland Deutschtum DOAG East Africa Emin Committee Emin Pasha empire established European eventually Fabri favour Foreign Office further German colonial German East German East Africa German national Germany's GfdK Gründung Hamburg Hannoversche Herbert von Bismarck Hermann Heydt Hohenlohe Ibid ideas imperial interest Jühlke July June Kayser Kilimanjaro Kölnische Zeitung Krauel Kusserow later Lebenserinnerungen letter London Maasai March Marealle merchants Michahelles missionary Moshi nationalist note in FP O’Swald Palezieux pan-German Papers Peters to Elli Peters’s Pfeil political protection Reich Reichstag RK0lA RKolA Rohlfs Schnee Sept society Soden station Steggall Sultan Tana territory Tiedemann tion trade treaty Usagara venture Wilhelm Wissmann Zanzibar
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Page x - JEG-P Journal of English and Germanic philology JHI Journal of the history of ideas JMH Journal of modern history MLN Modern language notes MLQ Modern language quarterly iThe year of a review is 1944 unless otherwise specified.
References to this book
Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800-1914: [2 Volumes] Carl C. Hodge No preview available - 2007 |