UID:
almafu_9959234945102883
Umfang:
1 online resource (677 p.)
ISBN:
1-281-96655-X
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0-226-77244-6
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9786611966553
Serie:
Chicago studies in practices of meaning
Inhalt:
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
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Description based upon print version of record.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Preface --
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Acknowledgments --
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Chapter 1. Introduction: Ethnography and the Colonial State --
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Chapter 2. "A World Composed almost Entirely of Contradictions": Southwest Africans in German Eyes, before Colonialism --
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Chapter 3. From Native Policy to Genocide to Eugenics: German Southwest Africa --
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Chapter 4. "A Foreign Race That All Travelers Have Agreed to be the Most Engaging": The Creation of the Samoan Noble Savage, by Way of Tahiti --
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Chapter 5. "The Spirit of the German Nation at Work in the Antipodes": German Colonialism in Samoa, 1900-1914 --
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Chapter 6. The Foreign Devil's Handwriting: German Views of China before "Kiautschou" --
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Chapter 7. A Pact with the (Foreign) Devil: Qingdao as a Colony --
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Chapter 8. Conclusion: Colonial Afterlives --
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Appendix 1: A Note on Sources and Procedures --
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Appendix 2: Head Administrators of German Southwest Africa, Samoa, and Kiaochow --
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Bibliography --
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Index
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-226-77243-8
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-226-77241-1
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.7208/9780226772448
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