Author: Jürgen Zimmerer
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1789207509
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
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.
German Rule, African Subjects
Author: Jürgen Zimmerer
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1789207509
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1789207509
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
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.
The Nature of German Imperialism
Author: Bernhard Gissibl
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 9781785331756
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Today, the East African state of Tanzania is renowned for wildlife preserves such as the Serengeti National Park, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, and the Selous Game Reserve. Yet few know that most of these initiatives emerged from decades of German colonial rule. This book gives the first full account of Tanzanian wildlife conservation up until World War I, focusing upon elephant hunting and the ivory trade as vital factors in a shift from exploitation to preservation that increasingly excluded indigenous Africans. Analyzing the formative interactions between colonial governance and the natural world, The Nature of German Imperialism situates East African wildlife policies within the global emergence of conservationist sensibilities around 1900.
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 9781785331756
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Today, the East African state of Tanzania is renowned for wildlife preserves such as the Serengeti National Park, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, and the Selous Game Reserve. Yet few know that most of these initiatives emerged from decades of German colonial rule. This book gives the first full account of Tanzanian wildlife conservation up until World War I, focusing upon elephant hunting and the ivory trade as vital factors in a shift from exploitation to preservation that increasingly excluded indigenous Africans. Analyzing the formative interactions between colonial governance and the natural world, The Nature of German Imperialism situates East African wildlife policies within the global emergence of conservationist sensibilities around 1900.
Germany and the Black Diaspora
Author: Mischa Honeck
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 0857459546
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
The rich history of encounters prior to World War I between people from German-speaking parts of Europe and people of African descent has gone largely unnoticed in the historical literature—not least because Germany became a nation and engaged in colonization much later than other European nations. This volume presents intersections of Black and German history over eight centuries while mapping continuities and ruptures in Germans' perceptions of Blacks. Juxtaposing these intersections demonstrates that negative German perceptions of Blackness proceeded from nineteenth-century racial theories, and that earlier constructions of “race” were far more differentiated. The contributors present a wide range of Black–German encounters, from representations of Black saints in religious medieval art to Black Hessians fighting in the American Revolutionary War, from Cameroonian children being educated in Germany to African American agriculturalists in Germany's protectorate, Togoland. Each chapter probes individual and collective responses to these intercultural points of contact.
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 0857459546
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
The rich history of encounters prior to World War I between people from German-speaking parts of Europe and people of African descent has gone largely unnoticed in the historical literature—not least because Germany became a nation and engaged in colonization much later than other European nations. This volume presents intersections of Black and German history over eight centuries while mapping continuities and ruptures in Germans' perceptions of Blacks. Juxtaposing these intersections demonstrates that negative German perceptions of Blackness proceeded from nineteenth-century racial theories, and that earlier constructions of “race” were far more differentiated. The contributors present a wide range of Black–German encounters, from representations of Black saints in religious medieval art to Black Hessians fighting in the American Revolutionary War, from Cameroonian children being educated in Germany to African American agriculturalists in Germany's protectorate, Togoland. Each chapter probes individual and collective responses to these intercultural points of contact.
Navigating Socialist Encounters
Author: Eric Burton
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110623544
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
This edited volume examines entanglements and disentanglements between Africa and East Germany during and after the Cold War from a global history perspective. Extending the view beyond political elites, it asks for the negotiated and plural character of socialism in these encounters and sheds light on migration, media, development, and solidarity through personal and institutional agency. With its distinctive focus on moorings and unmoorings, the volume shows how the encounters, albeit often brief, significantly influenced both African and East German histories.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110623544
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
This edited volume examines entanglements and disentanglements between Africa and East Germany during and after the Cold War from a global history perspective. Extending the view beyond political elites, it asks for the negotiated and plural character of socialism in these encounters and sheds light on migration, media, development, and solidarity through personal and institutional agency. With its distinctive focus on moorings and unmoorings, the volume shows how the encounters, albeit often brief, significantly influenced both African and East German histories.
A Modern History of Tanganyika
Author: John Iliffe
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521296113
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
The first comprehensive and fully documented history of modern Tanganyika (mainland Tanzania).
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521296113
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
The first comprehensive and fully documented history of modern Tanganyika (mainland Tanzania).
Report on the Natives of South-west Africa and Their Treatment by Germany
Author: South-West Africa. Administrator's Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminal precedure
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminal precedure
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Crosscurrents
Author: David McBride
Publisher: Camden House
ISBN: 9781571130983
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Studies of aspects of historical interaction between Germany, Africa and black America. This volume brings together fascinating research on the historical interaction between Germany, African nations and Black Americans. Leading scholars explore the influence of German missions, language and culture, politics, and science on Africa and Black America. Essays examine the medieval links between Germany and Africa, encounters between immigrant Germans and America's African population during the colonial era; the influence of German culture and natinalism on African-American social elites studying in Germany throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; Black American musical performers in Weimar Germany; and the shifting contacts among Black Americans, Germany, and Africa as Germany led Western modernization and expansionism during the twentieth century. The authors present a variety of disciplines and use heretofore untapped sources from German, American, and African depositories.
Publisher: Camden House
ISBN: 9781571130983
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Studies of aspects of historical interaction between Germany, Africa and black America. This volume brings together fascinating research on the historical interaction between Germany, African nations and Black Americans. Leading scholars explore the influence of German missions, language and culture, politics, and science on Africa and Black America. Essays examine the medieval links between Germany and Africa, encounters between immigrant Germans and America's African population during the colonial era; the influence of German culture and natinalism on African-American social elites studying in Germany throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; Black American musical performers in Weimar Germany; and the shifting contacts among Black Americans, Germany, and Africa as Germany led Western modernization and expansionism during the twentieth century. The authors present a variety of disciplines and use heretofore untapped sources from German, American, and African depositories.
German Colonialism
Author: Sebastian Conrad
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110700814X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
This book explores the wide-ranging consequences of Germany's short-lived colonial project for the nation, and European and global history.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110700814X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
This book explores the wide-ranging consequences of Germany's short-lived colonial project for the nation, and European and global history.
Human Remains from the Former German Colony of East Africa
Author: Bernhard S. Heeb
Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
ISBN: 9783412523442
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"More than 1100 Human Remains from the former German colony in East Africa exist in the anthropological collection of the Museum of Prehistory and Early History in Berlin. Mainly without any information about who these individuals were, how they died and in which manner they got dislocated, a collaboration of researchers of the University of Rwanda, the National Museums of Rwanda and the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz approached these questions. The research begins with the broader context of colonialism and its local impact to single cases of Human Remains appropriation. Using historical sources, anthropological examinations and contemporary accounts the origin of the Human Remains were not only recontextualized but interviews conducted in the affected communities also revealed why these human remains should be returned and the varying ways of treatment they should receive thereafter."--
Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
ISBN: 9783412523442
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"More than 1100 Human Remains from the former German colony in East Africa exist in the anthropological collection of the Museum of Prehistory and Early History in Berlin. Mainly without any information about who these individuals were, how they died and in which manner they got dislocated, a collaboration of researchers of the University of Rwanda, the National Museums of Rwanda and the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz approached these questions. The research begins with the broader context of colonialism and its local impact to single cases of Human Remains appropriation. Using historical sources, anthropological examinations and contemporary accounts the origin of the Human Remains were not only recontextualized but interviews conducted in the affected communities also revealed why these human remains should be returned and the varying ways of treatment they should receive thereafter."--
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Author: South-West Africa. Administrator's Office
Publisher: Sources for African History
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
This annotated source publication detailing the first genocide of the twentieth century, provides interested readers with African voices and perspectives on German colonial rule in Namibia.
Publisher: Sources for African History
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
This annotated source publication detailing the first genocide of the twentieth century, provides interested readers with African voices and perspectives on German colonial rule in Namibia.