{"product_id":"9781487543402-colonial-geography","title":"Colonial Geography","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRace and Space in German East Africa, 1884-1905\u003cbr\u003eColonial Geography explores how spatial thinking shaped the creation and government of the German imperial colony of East Africa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eColonial Geography\u003c\/em\u003e charts changes in conceptions of the relationship between people and landscapes in mainland Tanzania during the German colonial period. In German minds, colonial development would depend on the relationship between East Africans and the landscape. \u003cem\u003eColonial Geography\u003c\/em\u003e argues that the most important element in German imperialism was not its violence but its attempts to apply racial thinking to the mastery and control of space.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUtilizing approaches drawn from critical geography, the book argues that the development of a representational space of empire had serious consequences for German colonialism and the population of East Africa. \u003ci\u003eColonial Geography\u003c\/i\u003e shows how spatial thinking shaped ideas about race and empire in the period of New Imperialism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40864274776161,"sku":"9781487543402","price":54.08,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_35411680.jpg?v=1752788159","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781487543402-colonial-geography","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}