Modern History of Tanganyika

Klappentext The first comprehensive and fully documented history of modern Tanganyika (mainland Tanzania). Zusammenfassung This is the first comprehensive and fully documented history of modern Tanganyika (mainland Tanzania)! dealing mainly with the colonial period. It draws on the latest research and on evidence available from African and European records in Tanzania! Britain and Germany. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of maps and tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Terminology; Abbreviations; 1. Intentions; 2. Tanganyika in 1800; 3. The nineteenth century; 4. The German conquest; 5. Colonial economy and ecological crisis, 1890-1914; 6. The Maji Maji rebellion, 1905-7; 7. Religious and cultural change before 1914; 8. Fortunes of war; 9. The origins of rural capitalism; 10. The creation of tribes; 11. The crisis of colonial society, 1929-45; 12. Townsmen and workers; 13. The African Association, 1929-48; 14. The new colonialism; 15. The new politics, 1945-55; 16. The nationalist victory, 1955-61; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: John Iliffe
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.05.1979
• EAN: 9780521296113
• ISBN: 978-0-521-29611-3
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 38 mm
• Series: African Studies; African Studies Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book