German Colonial Experience

Select Documents on German Rule in Africa, China, and the Pacific 1884-1914

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

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Beskrivning

The German Colonial Experience provides readers with an understanding of how the Germans gained, explored, pacified, ruled, and exploited their colonies prior to their loss in World War I. Knoll and Hiery show how Africans, Chinese, and Pacific Islanders reacted to German rule, how the Germans ran the daily affairs of government, their vision for the colonized peoples, and how the colonizers and the colonized perceived one another. In other words, how did German colonial rule actually work? This book intensely scrutinizes colonial documents, most of them in German script, from archives not only in Germany, but also from places such as Australia, New Guinea, and Samoa. Many of these documents have never previously been published, even in the original German.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-03-10
Mått:154 x 233 x 34 mm
Vikt:871 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:564
Förlag:University Press of America
ISBN:9780761839002

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Arthur J. Knoll, the retired David E. Underdown Professor of History at The University of the South, taught African, Middle Eastern, and military history for thirty-seven years.Hermann J. Hiery holds the Chair for Modern History at the University of Bayreuth in Germany. He is a specialist in the history of Germany's former Pacific colonies and the Chairman of the German Society for Overseas history.

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A a wide-ranging edition of colonial sources which thoroughly documents German colonial rule in many and varied fields and aspects, such as administration, economy, religion, and science. It includes and integrates new and modern aspects of cultural and social sciences, gender history, and postcolonial studies. Above all, it extensively incorporates indigenous activities, views, and perceptions.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 IntroductionChapter 3 1. Colonial Agitation and Pre-historyChapter 4 2. Acquisition of ColoniesChapter 5 3. Charter CompaniesChapter 6 4. Colonial Military and PoliceChapter 7 5. GovernanceChapter 8 6. Colonial BiographiesChapter 9 7. LawChapter 10 8. LaborChapter 11 9. EconomyChapter 12 10. InfrastructureChapter 13 11. ScienceChapter 14 12. EcologyChapter 15 13. ReligionChapter 16 14. EducationChapter 17 15. Settler Societies and Self-RuleChapter 18 18. Viewing the "Other"Chapter 19 19. Indigenous Responses to Colonial RuleChapter 20 20. Judging the German Colonial PerformanceChapter 21 AbbreviationsChapter 22 Sources for the Documents