Navigating colonial orders :: Norwegian entrepreneurship in Africa and Oceania /

Norwegians in colonial Africa and Oceania had varying aspirations and adapted in different ways to changing social, political and geographical circumstances in foreign, colonial settings. They included Norwegian shipowners, captains, and diplomats; traders and whalers along the African coast and in...

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Weitere Verfasser: Kjerland, Kirsten Alsaker, Bertelsen, Bjorn Enge
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY : Berghahn Books, 2014.
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Zusammenfassung:Norwegians in colonial Africa and Oceania had varying aspirations and adapted in different ways to changing social, political and geographical circumstances in foreign, colonial settings. They included Norwegian shipowners, captains, and diplomats; traders and whalers along the African coast and in Antarctica; large-scale plantation owners in Mozambique and Hawai'i; big business men in South Africa; jacks of all trades in the Solomon Islands; timber merchants on Zanzibar' coffee farmers in Kenya; and King Leopold's footmen in Congo. This collection reveals narratives of the colonial era that.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (413 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781782385400
1782385401