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Africa in translation, a history of colonial linguistics in Germany and beyond, 1814-1945, Sara Pugach

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Africa in translation, a history of colonial linguistics in Germany and beyond, 1814-1945, Sara Pugach
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Africa in translation
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
712780969
Responsibility statement
Sara Pugach
Series statement
Social history, popular culture, and politics in Germany
Sub title
a history of colonial linguistics in Germany and beyond, 1814-1945
Table Of Contents
Before the fact : the beginnings of African studies on the mission field, 1814-87 -- Beyond the missionary field : the development of African studies at the Seminar für Orientalische Sprachen in Berlin -- The making of a "great Africanist" : Carl Meinhof in Zizow and Berlin, 1886-1909 -- Anthropology and linguistics united? : Carl Meinhof, Felix von Luschan, and the Hamitic hypothesis -- Experimenting in the metropole : the theory and practice of African studies, 1908-19 -- Of conjunctions, comportment, and clothing : African teaching assistants in Berlin and Hamburg, 1889-1919 -- After the colonial moment : German influences on South African linguistics and ethnology, 1920-45 -- Conclusion : the legacy of Afrikanistik
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