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Carl Peters and German imperialism, 1856-1918 : a political biography / by Arne Perras.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Perras, Arne.
- Series:
- Oxford historical monographs
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Peters, Carl, 1856-1918.
- Peters, Carl.
- Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Gesellschaft.
- Colonial administrators--German East Africa--Biography.
- Colonial administrators.
- Politicians--Germany--Biography.
- Politicians.
- Imperialism.
- History.
- Colonies.
- Germany.
- Eastern Africa.
- Africa.
- Germany--Colonies--Africa--History.
- Imperialism--Germany--History.
- Imperialism--Africa, Eastern--History.
- Germany--Foreign relations--1848-1870.
- International relations.
- Germany--Foreign relations--1871-1888.
- Germany--Foreign relations--1871-1918.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 286 pages : map, portrait ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
- Summary:
- Carl Peters (1856-1918) ranked among Germany's most prominent imperialists in the nineteenth century. He became known as the founder of Deutsch-Ostafrika, a region many Germans saw as the pearl of their overseas possessions, and his memory was revered in Nazi Germany. This biography reveals his role in Germany's colonial expansion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [260]-275) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0199265100
- OCLC:
- 56423396
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