German Rule, African Subjects

State Aspirations and the Reality of Power in Colonial Namibia
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-78920-749-1
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, 440 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 784 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zimmerer, Jürgen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Kolonialismus, Imperialismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations

Preface to the English Edition

Abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Establishment of the Schutzgebiet and ‘Native Policy’ up until 1907

Chapter 2. The Codification of ‘Native Policy’ after 1905

Chapter 3. Demographics, Economics and Institutions: Basic Factors after the War

Chapter 4. Securing Colonial Rule

Chapter 5. The Labour Market: Recruitment and Working Conditions

Chapter 6. Social Discipline, Educational Policy and the Taxation of the Africans

Conclusion

Appendix: Diagrams and Tables

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Zimmerer, Jürgen
Jürgen Zimmerer is Professor of History at the University of Hamburg and was Founding President of the International Network of Genocide Scholars (INOGS).

Jürgen Zimmerer is Professor of History at the University of Hamburg and was Founding President of the International Network of Genocide Scholars (INOGS).