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

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 1 online resource (440 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781789207491
  • 9781789207507
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 968.8102
LOC classification:
  • DT1603 .Z5613 2021
  • DT1603
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface to the English Edition -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 The Establishment of the Schutzgebiet and ‘Native Policy’ up until 1907 -- 2 The Codification of ‘Native Policy’ after 1905 -- 3 Demographics, Economics and Institutions: Basic Factors after the War -- 4 Securing Colonial Rule -- 5 The Labour Market: Recruitment and Working Conditions -- 6 Social Discipline, Educational Policy and the Taxation of the Africans -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Diagrams and Tables -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index
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.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface to the English Edition -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 The Establishment of the Schutzgebiet and ‘Native Policy’ up until 1907 -- 2 The Codification of ‘Native Policy’ after 1905 -- 3 Demographics, Economics and Institutions: Basic Factors after the War -- 4 Securing Colonial Rule -- 5 The Labour Market: Recruitment and Working Conditions -- 6 Social Discipline, Educational Policy and the Taxation of the Africans -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Diagrams and Tables -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index

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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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