Skip to main content
PBS logo
 
 

Search - Alabama in Africa: Booker T. Washington, the German Empire, and the Globalization of the New South

Alabama in Africa: Booker T. Washington, the German Empire, and the Globalization of the New South
Alabama in Africa Booker T Washington the German Empire and the Globalization of the New South
Author: Andrew Zimmerman
In 1901, the Tuskegee Institute, founded by Booker T. Washington, sent an expedition to the German colony of Togo in West Africa, with the purpose of transforming the region into a cotton economy similar to that of the post-Reconstruction American South. Alabama in Africa explores the politics of labor, sexuality, and race behind this end...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780691123622
ISBN-10: 0691123624
Publication Date: 4/15/2010
Pages: 416
Rating:
  ?

0 stars, based on 0 rating
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
Reviews: Amazon | Write a Review


Genres: