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The culture of power and the power of culture : old regime Europe 1660-1789 / T.C.W. Blanning.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Blanning, T. C. W. (Timothy Charles William), 1942- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Enlightenment--Europe.
- Enlightenment.
- Books and reading--Europe--History--18th century.
- Books and reading.
- Culture diffusion--Europe--History--18th century.
- Culture diffusion.
- Europe--Intellectual life--18th century.
- Europe.
- Europe--Social life and customs--18th century.
- Europe--Politics and government--18th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 286 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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. - ;Carl 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
- Contents:
- Contents; Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; 1. ACADEMIC LAURELS AND EMPTY POCKETS: PETERS'S EARLY YEARS (1856-1883); 2. THE QUEST FOR EAST AFRICA (1884-1885); 3. 'FROM THE NYASSA TO THE NILE': PETERS AND THE GERMAN EAST AFRICA COMPANY (1885-1887); 4. RESCUING EMIN PASHA (1888-1890); 5. AFTER BISMARCK: THE HELIGOLAND-ZANZIBAR AGREEMENT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES (1890-1891); 6. KING OR PAWN? PETERS ON KILIMANJARO (1891-1892); 7. COLONIAL SCANDAL (1892-1897); 8. STRUGGLING FOR A POLITICAL COMEBACK (1897-1918); 9. TOWARDS NEW GLORY (1919-1945); 10. PETERS'S DISPUTED LEGACY AFTER 1945; CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- CIP entry (Sep.)
- Originally published: 2002.
- Previously issued in print: 2004.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 1-383-04069-9
- 1-280-83833-7
- 0-19-151472-1
- OCLC:
- 476258956
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