The Nature of German Imperialism

German colonial rule in East Africa, particularly Tanzania, laid the foundation for modern wildlife conservation efforts such as those seen today in the Serengeti National Park and the Selous Game Reserve. A key insight from this study is that the shift from exploitation to preservation of wildlife, driven by elephant hunting and the ivory trade, began during German colonial rule and was increasingly exclusionary toward indigenous Africans. The research analyzes how colonial governance interacted with the natural world, situating East African wildlife policies within the broader global emergence of conservationist sensibilities around 1900. This book provides the first comprehensive account of Tanzanian wildlife conservation up until World War I.

Gissibl, B. (2016). THE NATURE OF GERMAN IMPERIALISM. https://doi.org/10.3167/9781785331756