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German rule, African subjects : state aspirations and the reality of power in colonial Namibia

Title
German rule, African subjects : state aspirations and the reality of power in colonial Namibia / Jürgen Zimmerer ; translated by Anthony Mellor-Stapelberg.
Author
Zimmerer, Jürgen
Publication
  • New York : Berghahn Books, 2021.
  • ©2021

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Additional Authors
Mellor-Stapelberg, Anthony
Description
xvii, 421 pages : maps; 24 cm
Summary
"Though envisioned by its overseers as a "model state," German Southwest Africa never became the success story colonial officials hoped for. Despite the immiseration they inflicted upon the indigenous population-from exploitative labor practices to genocidal violence-the colony lasted only thirty-five years and yielded little for the metropole before being lost to the British Empire. In this now-classic study-available here for the first time in English-the author provides an indispensable account of how German colonial ambitions foundered in what is present-day Namibia. As he shows, the highly rationalized planning of Wilhelmine authorities could not accommodate the practical, lived realities of both colonizer and colonized"--
Uniform Title
Deutsche Herrschaft über Afrikaner. English
Alternative Title
Deutsche Herrschaft über Afrikaner.
Subject
  • 1884-1915
  • Colonization
  • German colonies
  • Politics and government
  • Namibia > History > 1884-1915
  • Namibia > Colonization > History
  • Namibia > Politics and government > 1884-1915
  • Germany > Colonies > History. > Africa
  • Africa
  • Namibia
Genre/Form
History.
Note
  • "Originally published in German as Deutsche Herrschaft über Afrikaner: Staatlicher Machtanspruch und Wirklichkeit im kolonialen Namibia"--Title page verso.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction -- The Establishment of the Schutzgebiet and 'Native Policy' up until 1907 -- The Codification of 'Native Policy' after 1905 -- Demographics, Economics and Institutions: Basic Factors after the War -- Securing Colonial Rule -- The Labour Market: Recruitment and Working Conditions -- Social Discipline, Educational Policy and the Taxation of the Africans -- Conclusion.
Call Number
Sc E 22-775
ISBN
  • 9781789207491
  • 1789207495
LCCN
2020051897
OCLC
1202228588
Author
Zimmerer, Jürgen, author.
Title
German rule, African subjects : state aspirations and the reality of power in colonial Namibia / Jürgen Zimmerer ; translated by Anthony Mellor-Stapelberg.
Publisher
New York : Berghahn Books, 2021.
Copyright Date
©2021
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Note
TRANSLATED FROM GERMAN.
Chronological Term
1884-1915
Added Author
Mellor-Stapelberg, Anthony, translator.
Research Call Number
Sc E 22-775
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