Lorne Larson
Biographic Data
| ID | 5639679 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lorne Larson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lorne |
| FAMILY NAME | Larson |
| SIGNATURE | LARSON L |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5021-0960 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Telecommunications and Conflict in German East Africa
In modern Tanzania the ability to connect people and institutions within the context of the Internet and, even more specifically, via the mobile telephone network, would be considered an integral component of daily life. Yet there is almost no consideration by modern historians of the development of telecommunications within the country, a process that extends back well over a century. Within the entity that became known as German East Africa a t…
Conversations along the Mbwemkuru
The underlying theme of this essay is how intelligence was gathered and expertise dispersed in an emerging colonial environment in Africa, and how that knowledge was captured, credited and distributed between local Africans and (largely) itinerant Europeans. It sets that discussion within a more recent debate on the mechanics of European exploration during the wider nineteenth century. The expanded population of Europeans (officials, merchants, m…
Disease, Science and Religiosity
Leprosy generated an intense amount of interest (and activity) in German East Africa in the immediate years before the First World War. It was an interest quite different from the economic and demographic considerations of most other diseases. This is not a judgement specific to this location. Across time, across diverse cultures, across the globe leprosy often functioned as a metaphor for wider concerns and metaphysically diverse discussions. Wh…
Chapter Two. The Ngindo
Long before Maji Maji conflict ceased, the Colonial Economic Committee was gathering evidence about its causes. This chapter explores in detail, beginning with a survey of what might be understood by a Ngindo collectivity in the later nineteenth century. It then embarks on a series of interlocking journeys through the Ungindo region. The chapter examines the events and strategies leading to the initial attacks on Madaba, Liwale and Mahenge, as th…
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Chapter Two. The Ngindo
Long before Maji Maji conflict ceased, the Colonial Economic Committee was gathering evidence about its causes. This chapter explores in detail, beginning with a survey of what might be understood by a Ngindo collectivity in the later nineteenth century. It then embarks on a series of interlocking journeys through the Ungindo region. The chapter examines the events and strategies leading to the initial attacks on Madaba, Liwale and Mahenge, as th…
Disease, Science and Religiosity
Leprosy generated an intense amount of interest (and activity) in German East Africa in the immediate years before the First World War. It was an interest quite different from the economic and demographic considerations of most other diseases. This is not a judgement specific to this location. Across time, across diverse cultures, across the globe leprosy often functioned as a metaphor for wider concerns and metaphysically diverse discussions. Wh…
Telecommunications and Conflict in German East Africa
In modern Tanzania the ability to connect people and institutions within the context of the Internet and, even more specifically, via the mobile telephone network, would be considered an integral component of daily life. Yet there is almost no consideration by modern historians of the development of telecommunications within the country, a process that extends back well over a century. Within the entity that became known as German East Africa a t…
Conversations along the Mbwemkuru
The underlying theme of this essay is how intelligence was gathered and expertise dispersed in an emerging colonial environment in Africa, and how that knowledge was captured, credited and distributed between local Africans and (largely) itinerant Europeans. It sets that discussion within a more recent debate on the mechanics of European exploration during the wider nineteenth century. The expanded population of Europeans (officials, merchants, m…
Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (4 works) · African history and culture studies (3 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Colonialism (3 works) · German (3 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (2 works) · Ethnology (2 works)