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" The devil's handwriting : "
George Steinmetz.
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1046727
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b801097
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Steinmetz, George,1957-
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The devil's handwriting : : precoloniality and the German colonial state in Qingdao, Samoa, and Southwest Africa /\ George Steinmetz.
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Chicago :: University of Chicago Press,, 2007.
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Chicago studies in practices of meaning
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1 online resource (xxviii, 640 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) :: illustrations (some color), maps.
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0226772411
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: 0226772438
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: 0226772446
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: 9780226772417
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: 9780226772431
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: 9780226772448
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 527-603) and index.
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| 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.
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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.
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Imperialism.
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Außenpolitik
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Diplomatic relations.
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German colonies.
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Imperialism.
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Kolonialismus
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Colonialism Post-Colonialism.
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Race relations.
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Colonial administration.
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China, Foreign relations, Germany.
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Germany, Colonies, History.
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Germany, Colonies, Race relations.
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Germany, Foreign relations, 1888-1918.
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Germany, Foreign relations, China.
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Namibia, History, 1884-1915.
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Qingdao (China), History.
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Samoa, History.
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China, Qingdao.
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China.
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China.
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Deutschland.
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Deutschland.
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German colonies.
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Germany.
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Germany.
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Namibia
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Namibia.
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Namibia.
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Oceania.
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Samoa.
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Samoainseln
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Tsingtau
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Westsamoa
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| Dewey Classification
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325/.343
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JV2017.S74 2007eb
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15.50bcl
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8,1ssgn
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LB 53015rvk
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NQ 9400rvk
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