Overview
- Summary
- Abstract:
- Series
- Chicago studies in practices of meaning
Chicago studies in practices of meaning. - Format
- Book
- Published
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2007]
©2007 - Locale
- Germany
Qingdao (China)
China
Samoa
Namibia
Deutschland
Samoainseln
Tsingtau
Westsamoa
German colonies
Oceania - Contents
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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. - Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 527-603) and index.
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.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780226772417
9780226772431
0226772411
0226772438 - Physical Description
- xxviii, 640 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm.
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects
- Germany--Colonies--History. Germany--Foreign relations--1888-1918. Germany--Colonies--Race relations. Qingdao (China)--History. Germany--Foreign relations--China. China--Foreign relations--Germany. Samoa--History. Namibia--History--1884-1915. Imperialism. Diplomatic relations. German colonies. Race relations. China. China--Qingdao. Germany. Namibia. Samoa. Aussenpolitik. Kolonialismus. Deutschland. Samoainseln. Tsingtau. Westsamoa. Colonial administration. Oceania. History.
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