G Thomas Burgess
Biographic Data
| ID | 5165855 |
|---|---|
| NAME | G Thomas Burgess |
| GIVEN NAMES | G Thomas |
| FAMILY NAME | Burgess |
| SIGNATURE | BURGESS G T |
| AFFILIATIONS | United States Naval Academy |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Contesting the Zanzibari revolution: The origins of political opposition in Tanzania
The Rise and Fall of a Socialist Future: Ambivalent Encounters Between Zanzibar and East Germany in the Cold War
Ambivalent EncountersB etween Zanzibar and East Germany in the Cold War Less thanamonth into its existence, the People'sR epublic of Zanzibar in January 1964 openedarelationship with the German Democratic Republic thatwould have far-reaching consequences, particularlyfor Zanzibaris. In competition with the Chinese, who also sawt heir relationship to the incipient island state as a means by which to break out of their diplomatic isolation, East Ge…
Mao in Zanzibar: Nationalism, Discipline, and the (De)Construction of Afro-Asian Solidarities
The Zanzibar Revolution and Its Aftermath
The term “Zanzibar Revolution” refers to (1) the overthrow in January 1964 of the islands’ first postcolonial regime, barely a month after gaining independence from British rule; (2) a period of several weeks following the overthrow when Africans targeted islanders of mostly Arab heritage and identity for violence, plunder, and vengeance seeking; and (3) the years from 1964 through the 1970s, when Zanzibar’s revolutionary regime sought to level i…
James R. Brennan. Taifa: Making Nation and Race in Urban Tanzania
Taifa represents a milestone in recent attempts by historians to examine the language of African nationalism, and the way in which political actors in Africa have drawn upon and mobilized ethnic and racial categories to achieve their various ends. James R. Brennan has chosen an unpromising landscape for such a study. Many remember Julius Nyerere, the president of Tanzania from 1961 to 1985, as a founding-father figure who stood above ethnic, raci…
Race, Revolution, and the Struggle for Human Rights in Zanzibar: The Memoirs of Ali Sultan Issa and Seif Sharif Hamad
Zanzibar has had the most turbulent postcolonial history of any part of the United Republic of Tanzania, yet few sources have emerged that explain the reasons why. The current political impasse in the islands is a contest primarily over the question of whether to accept and sustain the Zanzibari Revolution of 1964. Defenders of the revolution speak the language of African nationalism and aspire to unify the majority of Zanzibar through the politi…
Imagined generations: Constructing youth in revolutionary Zanzibar
The Zanzibar Revolution and Its Aftermath
The term “Zanzibar Revolution” refers to (1) the overthrow in January 1964 of the islands’ first postcolonial regime, barely a month after gaining independence from British rule; (2) a period of several weeks following the overthrow when Africans targeted islanders of mostly Arab heritage and identity for violence, plunder, and vengeance seeking; and (3) the years from 1964 through the 1970s, when Zanzibar’s revolutionary regime sought to level i…
Imagined generations: Constructing youth in revolutionary Zanzibar
Race, Revolution, and the Struggle for Human Rights in Zanzibar: The Memoirs of Ali Sultan Issa and Seif Sharif Hamad
Zanzibar has had the most turbulent postcolonial history of any part of the United Republic of Tanzania, yet few sources have emerged that explain the reasons why. The current political impasse in the islands is a contest primarily over the question of whether to accept and sustain the Zanzibari Revolution of 1964. Defenders of the revolution speak the language of African nationalism and aspire to unify the majority of Zanzibar through the politi…
James R. Brennan. Taifa: Making Nation and Race in Urban Tanzania
Taifa represents a milestone in recent attempts by historians to examine the language of African nationalism, and the way in which political actors in Africa have drawn upon and mobilized ethnic and racial categories to achieve their various ends. James R. Brennan has chosen an unpromising landscape for such a study. Many remember Julius Nyerere, the president of Tanzania from 1961 to 1985, as a founding-father figure who stood above ethnic, raci…
The Zanzibar Revolution and Its Aftermath
The term “Zanzibar Revolution” refers to (1) the overthrow in January 1964 of the islands’ first postcolonial regime, barely a month after gaining independence from British rule; (2) a period of several weeks following the overthrow when Africans targeted islanders of mostly Arab heritage and identity for violence, plunder, and vengeance seeking; and (3) the years from 1964 through the 1970s, when Zanzibar’s revolutionary regime sought to level i…
Mao in Zanzibar: Nationalism, Discipline, and the (De)Construction of Afro-Asian Solidarities
The Rise and Fall of a Socialist Future: Ambivalent Encounters Between Zanzibar and East Germany in the Cold War
Ambivalent EncountersB etween Zanzibar and East Germany in the Cold War Less thanamonth into its existence, the People'sR epublic of Zanzibar in January 1964 openedarelationship with the German Democratic Republic thatwould have far-reaching consequences, particularlyfor Zanzibaris. In competition with the Chinese, who also sawt heir relationship to the incipient island state as a means by which to break out of their diplomatic isolation, East Ge…
Contesting the Zanzibari revolution: The origins of political opposition in Tanzania
Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (7 works) · History (6 works) · African history and culture studies (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (3 works) · Development economics (2 works) · Economic history (2 works)