The devil's handwriting :: precoloniality and the German colonial state in Qingdao, Samoa, and Southwest Africa /

Germany?s overseas colonial empire was relatively short lived, lasting from 1884 to 1918. During this period, dramatically different policies were enacted in the colonies: in Southwest Africa, German troops carried out a brutal slaughter of the Herero people; in Samoa, authorities pursued a paternal...

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1. Verfasser: Steinmetz, George, 1957-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Schriftenreihe:Chicago studies in practices of meaning.
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Zusammenfassung:Germany?s overseas colonial empire was relatively short lived, lasting from 1884 to 1918. During this period, dramatically different policies were enacted in the colonies: in Southwest Africa, German troops carried out a brutal slaughter of the Herero people; in Samoa, authorities pursued a paternalistic defense of native culture; in Qingdao, China, policy veered between harsh racism and cultural exchange. Why did the same colonizing power act in such differing ways? In The Devil?s Handwriting, George Steinmetz tackles this question through a brilliant cross-cultural analysis of German colonia.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xxviii, 640 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 527-603) and index.
ISBN:9780226772448
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9780226772417
9780226772431
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