Power majorities and local minorities: German and British colonials in East Africa during the First World War
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Power majorities and local minorities : German and British colonials in East Africa during the First World War. / Steinbach, Daniel.
Germans as Minorities during the First World War: A Global Comparative Perspective. Taylor and Francis/Routledge, 2016. p. 263-288.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Power majorities and local minorities
T2 - German and British colonials in East Africa during the First World War
AU - Steinbach, Daniel
PY - 2016/1/1
Y1 - 2016/1/1
N2 - European Colonial Identities: Nationalism, Internationalism and Racism Citizens of European countries living in Africa at the outbreak of the First World War were minorities in a double sense. On the one hand, they were ethnic minorities relative to the indigenous populations of the lands they occupied. On the other hand, they were also oen residing within lands occupied by other colonial powers, powers that would become enemies with the outbreak of war. ese two aspects of minority status intersect with each other in interesting ways: notions of European solidarity in opposition to the indigenous population were challenged by the outbreak of war and the necessity for more nationalist forms of identication. Yet, as European minorities, colonial populations were reluctant to fully abandon their shared European-ness in favour of more simple nation-based rivalries.
AB - European Colonial Identities: Nationalism, Internationalism and Racism Citizens of European countries living in Africa at the outbreak of the First World War were minorities in a double sense. On the one hand, they were ethnic minorities relative to the indigenous populations of the lands they occupied. On the other hand, they were also oen residing within lands occupied by other colonial powers, powers that would become enemies with the outbreak of war. ese two aspects of minority status intersect with each other in interesting ways: notions of European solidarity in opposition to the indigenous population were challenged by the outbreak of war and the necessity for more nationalist forms of identication. Yet, as European minorities, colonial populations were reluctant to fully abandon their shared European-ness in favour of more simple nation-based rivalries.
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U2 - 10.4324/9781315584645-18
DO - 10.4324/9781315584645-18
M3 - Book chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85086967367
SN - 9781409455646
SP - 263
EP - 288
BT - Germans as Minorities during the First World War
PB - Taylor and Francis/Routledge
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