Table of Contents

Introduction
1: Academic Laurels and Empty Pockets: Peters's Early Years 1856-1883
2: The Quest for East Africa 1884-1885
3: From the Nyasa to the Nile: Peters and the German East African Company 1885-1887
4: Rescuing Emin Pasha 1888-1890
5: After Bismarck: The Heligoland-Zanzibar Agreement and its Consequences 1890-1891
6: King or Pawn? Peters on Kilimanjaro 1891-1892
7: Colonial Scandal 1892-1897
8: Struggling for a Political Come-Back 1897-1918
9: Towards New Glory 1919-1945
10: Peters's Disputed Legacy after 1945
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Arne Perras is an editor in the foreign division of S�ddeutsche Zeitung. He covers politics and development in Subsahara Africa, South and South-East Asia.

Reviews

Perras impressively explicates the central narrative of the immediate career.
*Geoff Eley, The English Historical Review*