{"product_id":"emancipation-without-abolition-in-german-jan-georg-deutsch-9780821417195","title":"Emancipation Without Abolition in German East Africa, C. 1884-1914","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis study examines the complex history of slavery in East Africa, focusing on the area that came under German colonial rule. In contrast to the policy pursued at the time by other colonial powers in Africa, the German authorities did not legally abolish slavery in their colonial territories. However, despite government efforts to keep the institution of slavery alive, it significantly declined in Tanganyika in the period concerned. The book highlights the crucial role played by the slaves in the process of emancipation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor Jan-Georg Deutsch explores the rise of slavery in Tanganyika in the second half of the nineteenth century, when the region became more fully integrated into the world economy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn analysis of German colonial policy reveals that the authorities believed that abolition should be avoided at all costs since it would undermine the power and prosperity of the local slave-owning elites whose effective collaboration was thought to be indispensable to the functioning of colonial rule.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author demonstrates how slaves by their own initiative brought the \"evil institution\" to an end, making the best of limited choices and opportunities available to them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe study, of interest to historians of East Africa, makes a contribution to the more general debate about the demise of slavery on the continent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jan-Georg Deutsch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0821417193\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780821417195\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.86h x 5.60w x 1.10d","brand":"Jan-Georg Deutsch","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46721274020095,"sku":"9780821417195","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_324417fd-d9d3-4b50-9c1e-86d632715bb7.jpg?v=1742752372","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/emancipation-without-abolition-in-german-jan-georg-deutsch-9780821417195","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}