Africa in translation : a history of colonial linguistics in Germany and beyond, 1814-1945 / Sara Pugach.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: African Studies and the Classification of Humanity -- 1. Before the Fact: The Beginnings of African Studies on the Mission Field, 1814�87 -- 2. Beyond the Missionary Field: The Development of African Studies at the Seminar f�r Orientalische Sprachen in Berlin -- 3. The Making of a “Great Africanist�: Carl Meinhof in Zizow and Berlin, 1886�1909 -- 4. Anthropology and Linguistics United? Carl Meinhof, Felix von Luschan, and the Hamitic Hypothesis

5. Experimenting in the Metropole: The Theory and Practice of African Studies, 1908�19 6. Of Conjunctions, Comportment, and Clothing: African Teaching Assistants in Berlin and Hamburg, 1889�1919 -- 7. After the Colonial Moment: German Influences on South African Linguistics and Ethnology, 1920�45 -- Conclusion: The Legacy of Afrikanistik -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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