The German Colonial Experience
Select Documents on German Rule in Africa, China, and the Pacific 1884-1914
Published on 10. March 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
564 pages
978-0-7618-3900-2 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
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. -- Dr. Horst Gruender, professor, University of Muenster, Germany A major contribution to the scholarship of imperialism and to the body of materials available for teaching colonial history. It should be extremely valuable to researchers doing comparative work and to those who want a German perspective on colonial phenomena, but cannot access German archives directly. It will be equally useful for providing primary texts to students in courses on imperial, colonial, and global history. The annotations to the documents are especially helpful: sufficient, but not excessive or intimidating. -- Woodruff D. Smith, Professor of History, University of Massachusetts Boston This is a valuable collection of primary sources on the German colonial movement....Sources have been selected with care; taken together, they present a logical view of the development of German colonial policies over the decades in question....Recommended. Upper-level undergraduates through faculty/researchers. * Choice Reviews * The goal of this book - to publish important documents related to German colonialism in all their variety and regional differences in order to make them available to a broad, non-German-speaking audience - is certainly worthwhile. * Anthropos * The editors have succeeded in providing the reader with an interesting insight into the short-lived German colonial empire. * Yearbook of European Overseas History *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Lanham, MD
United States
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
809 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7618-3900-2 (9780761839002)
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Arthur J. Knoll | Hermann J. Hiery
The German Colonial Experience
Select Documents on German Rule in Africa, China, and the Pacific 1884-1914
E-Book
03/2010
1st Edition
University Press of America
€82.49
Available for download
Arthur J. Knoll | Hermann J. Hiery
The German Colonial Experience
Select Documents on German Rule in Africa, China, and the Pacific 1884-1914
E-Book
03/2010
1st Edition
University Press of America
€82.49
Available for download
Persons
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.
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.
Content
Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Introduction
Chapter 3 1. Colonial Agitation and Pre-history
Chapter 4 2. Acquisition of Colonies
Chapter 5 3. Charter Companies
Chapter 6 4. Colonial Military and Police
Chapter 7 5. Governance
Chapter 8 6. Colonial Biographies
Chapter 9 7. Law
Chapter 10 8. Labor
Chapter 11 9. Economy
Chapter 12 10. Infrastructure
Chapter 13 11. Science
Chapter 14 12. Ecology
Chapter 15 13. Religion
Chapter 16 14. Education
Chapter 17 15. Settler Societies and Self-Rule
Chapter 18 18. Viewing the "Other"
Chapter 19 19. Indigenous Responses to Colonial Rule
Chapter 20 20. Judging the German Colonial Performance
Chapter 21 Abbreviations
Chapter 22 Sources for the Documents
Chapter 2 Introduction
Chapter 3 1. Colonial Agitation and Pre-history
Chapter 4 2. Acquisition of Colonies
Chapter 5 3. Charter Companies
Chapter 6 4. Colonial Military and Police
Chapter 7 5. Governance
Chapter 8 6. Colonial Biographies
Chapter 9 7. Law
Chapter 10 8. Labor
Chapter 11 9. Economy
Chapter 12 10. Infrastructure
Chapter 13 11. Science
Chapter 14 12. Ecology
Chapter 15 13. Religion
Chapter 16 14. Education
Chapter 17 15. Settler Societies and Self-Rule
Chapter 18 18. Viewing the "Other"
Chapter 19 19. Indigenous Responses to Colonial Rule
Chapter 20 20. Judging the German Colonial Performance
Chapter 21 Abbreviations
Chapter 22 Sources for the Documents