The mind of official imperialism: British and Cape government perceptions of German rule in Namibia from the Heligoland-Zanzibar treaty to the Kruger telegram (1890-1896)

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Title:	The mind of official imperialism: British and Cape government perceptions of German rule in Namibia from the Heligoland-Zanzibar treaty to the Kruger telegram (1890-1896)
Author:	Dreyer, Ronald F.
Year:	1987
Pages:	260
Language:	English
City of publisher:	Essen
Publisher:	Hobbing
ISBN:	3920460340
Geographic terms:	Namibia Germany United Kingdom
Subjects:	colonialism foreign policy
Abstract:	Study of British metropolitan and Cape colonial government perceptions of German policy in South West Africa (Namibia) from the Heligoland Treaty of 1890, the high point of the Anglo-German 'colonial marriage', until the Kruger telegram of 3 January 1896, which marked the end of a line of German policy in South Africa. After an introductory chapter on theory and methodology, chapter 2 describes and analyses British government perceptions of the formal establishment of German sovereignty over the territory of present-day Namibia, as evidenced by the negotiation of the Heligoland Treaty. Chapter 3 focuses on Anglo-German economic relations with regard to South West Africa from 1890 to 1892. In chapter 4, attention is drawn to British perceptions of the German policy towards the African population from 1890 to 1894; and chapter 5 identifies and explains British government perceptions of Anglo-German political and economic relations, in the light of Anglo-German rivalry in tropical and South Africa from 1894 to 1896.