German Rule, African Subjects: State Aspirations and the Reality of Power in Colonial Namibia

Although it lasted only thirty years, German colonial rule dramatically transformed South West Africa. The colonial government not only committed the first genocide of the twentieth century against the Herero and Nama, but in their efforts to establish a "model colony" and "racial sta...

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Main Author: Zimmerer, Jürgen (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford Berghahn Books [2021]
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Online Access:DE-1043
DE-1046
DE-858
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DE-860
DE-473
DE-739
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Summary:Although it lasted only thirty years, German colonial rule dramatically transformed South West Africa. The colonial government not only committed the first genocide of the twentieth century against the Herero and Nama, but in their efforts to establish a "model colony" and "racial state," they brought about even more destructive and long-lasting consequences. In this now-classic study-available here for the first time in English-the author provides an indispensable account of Germany's colonial utopia in what is present-day Namibia, showing how the highly rationalized planning of Wilhelmine authorities ultimately failed even as it added to the profound immiseration of the African population
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 04. Okt 2022)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (440 Seiten)
ISBN:9781789207507
DOI:10.1515/9781789207507

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