From German East African Rupees to British East African Shillings in Tanganyika
The King and the Kaiser Side by Side
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2098593 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karin Pallaver (0000-0002-3670-0928, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 637-655 |
| Publication date | 2023-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Studies Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-0206 • E-ISSN: 1555-2462 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/asr.2022.145 |
| OpenAlex | W4312032068 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 22 |
Pallaver situates German East Africa within the framework of the broader East African region as a way to illuminate the processes of currency standardization in the colonial context. The monetary geography of the region was determined first by the circulation of the rupee and later by Great Britain's interests to create a common currency for its East African colonies. Pallaver argues that transimperial, international, and regional contexts influenced currency circulation across and within colonies, drawing attention to forms of colonial money and their use by distinct groups, such as African laborers and Indian traders
Circulation (fluid dynamics · Colonialism · Context (archaeology · Currency · Devaluation · Development economics · Economics · Economy · Geography · German · Monetary economics · Political science · Rupee · African history and culture studies · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Engineering · Finance · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · Law
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The British Colonial Currency System
The Kenya currency Crisis, 1919–21 and the imperial dilemma
Nomansland
Organic Union or Aggressive Altruism
Labour Exploitation for Military Campaigns in British Colonial Africa 1870-1945
The War of thangata
African Manpower Statistics for the British Forces in East Africa, 1914–1918
Repercussions of World War I in the Gold Coast
Organizing Underdevelopment from the Inside
The War Economy of German East Africa, 1914-1917
A currency muddle
Beasts, banknotes and the colour of money in colonial South Africa
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |