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Africa in translation : a history of colonial linguistics in Germany and beyond, 1814-1945 / Sara Pugach.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pugach, Sara Elizabeth Berg.
- Series:
- Social history, popular culture, and politics in Germany
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Intercultural communication--Africa.
- Intercultural communication.
- Multilingualism--Africa.
- Multilingualism.
- Sociolinguistics--Africa.
- Sociolinguistics.
- Translating and interpreting.
- Africa.
- Sociolinguistics--Germany.
- Germany.
- Translating and interpreting--Africa.
- Translating and interpreting--Germany.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 303 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2012.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- 1 Before the Fact: The Beginnings of African Studies on the Mission Field, 1814-87 21
- 2 Beyond the Missionary Field: The Development of African Studies at the Seminar für Orientalische Sprachen in Berlin 49
- 3 The Making of a "Great Africanist": Carl Meinhof in Zizow and Berlin, 1886-1909 71
- 4 Anthropology and Linguistics United? Carl Meinhof, Felix von Luschan, and the Hamitic Hypothesis 92
- 5 Experimenting in the Metropole: The Theory and Practice of African Studies, 1908-19 117
- 6 Of Conjunctions, Comportment, and Clothing: African Teaching Assistants in Berlin and Hamburg, 1889-1919 141
- 7 After the Colonial Moment: German Influences on South African Linguistics and Ethnology, 1920-45 160.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9780472027774
- 9780472117826
- Publisher Number:
- 10.3998/mpub.372421
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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