ISBN:
9783515111195
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
1 Online-Ressource (303 Seiten)
,
Illustrationen, Karten
Serie:
Transatlantische historische Studien Band 56
Serie:
Transatlantische historische Studien
Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als Engel, Elisabeth Encountering empire
Dissertationsvermerk:
Dissertation Freie Universität Berlin
DDC:
266.786
Schlagwort(e):
African American Missionaries
;
African Methodist Episcopal Church
;
Colonial Africa
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Missionare
;
Transatlantische Geschichte
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Hochschulschrift
;
Hochschulschrift
;
Afrika
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African Methodist Episcopal Church
;
Schwarze
;
Missionar
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Kolonialismus
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Geschichte 1900-1939
Kurzfassung:
In Encountering Empire, Elisabeth Engel traces how black American missionaries – men and women grappling with their African heritage – established connections in Africa during the heyday of European colonialism. Reconstructing the black American 'colonial encounter,' Engel analyzes the images, transatlantic relationships, and possibilities of representation African American missionaries developed for themselves while negotiating colonial regimes. Between 1900 and 1939, these missionaries paved the way for the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the oldest independent black American institution, to establish a presence in Britain's sub-Saharan colonies. Illuminating a neglected chapter of Atlantic history, Engel demonstrates that African Americans used imperial structures for their own self-determination. Encountering Empire thus challenges the notion that pan-Africanism was the only viable strategy for black emancipation.
Anmerkung:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite [275]-296
DOI:
10.25162/9783515111195
URN:
urn:nbn:de:101:1-20151015742
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