Introduction : everyday violence and the colonial state -- Honor, status, masculinity : violent identity formations -- Soldier-bureaucrats : the primacy of proper bearing -- Of whips, shackles, and guns : tools and technologies of policing -- Police work : daily routines and the art of making do -- Policing work : violent regulation of the labor market -- Conclusion : histories of colonial violence
Summary
This book is a historical anthropology of the daily deeds of African and German men enrolled in the colonial police force called the Landespolizei. Exploring first their sociocultural backgrounds and mindsets, as well as their practical habits, the book then describes how these men came to be the key regulators of normalized, functional violence.--description provided by publisher
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 13, 2019)
