| Description |
1 online resource (xxviii, 640 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps |
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Chicago studies in practices of meaning |
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Chicago studies in practices of meaning.
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| Contents |
Introduction: Ethnography and the colonial state -- pt. I. Southwest Africa. "A world composed almost entirely of contradictions" : Southwest Africans in German eyes, before colonialism ; From native policy to genocide to eugenics : German Southwest Africa -- pt. II. Samoa. "A foreign race that all travelers have agreed to be the most engaging" : the creation of the Samoan noble savage, by way of Tahiti ; "The spirit of the German nation at work in the Antipodes" : German colonialism in Samoa, 1900-1914 -- pt. III. China. The foreign devil's handwriting : German views of China before "Kiautschou" ; A pact with the (foreign) devil : Qingdao as a colony -- Conclusion: Colonial afterlives |
| Summary |
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-cultural analysis of German colonia |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 527-603) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Imperialism.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Colonialism & Post-Colonialism.
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Diplomatic relations
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German colonies
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Imperialism
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Race relations
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Außenpolitik
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Kolonialismus
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Colonial administration.
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Germany -- Colonies -- History
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Germany -- Foreign relations -- 1888-1918.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054516
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Germany -- Colonies -- Race relations
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Qingdao (China) -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95002523
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Germany -- Foreign relations -- China
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China -- Foreign relations -- Germany
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Samoa -- History
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Namibia -- History -- 1884-1915. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85089649
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China
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China -- Qingdao
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Germany
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Namibia
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Samoa
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Deutschland
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Namibia
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Samoainseln
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Tsingtau
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Westsamoa
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Germany.
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German colonies.
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China.
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Oceania.
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Namibia.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780226772448 |
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0226772446 |
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9780226772417 |
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9780226772431 |
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0226772411 |
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0226772438 |
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