Colonial Captivity During the First World War - Internment and the Fall of the German Empire, 1914-1919

Informationen zum Autor Mahon Murphy is Research Fellow at the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science at the Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University, Japan. Zusammenfassung This study fills a vital gap in our knowledge of internment of German citizens in African and Asian colonies during the First World War! allowing a deeper understanding of the global reach of the conflict. It explores the implications for the collapse of empires during the twentieth century. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of maps; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. Empire, Internment and the First World War: 1. Internment in the First World War and the global context; 2. The geography of internment; Part II. The Experience of Internment: 3. Rum, solitary and the lash: violence against prisoners of war; 4. Der Krieg ist kein afternoon tea! Identity and internment; 5. The propaganda of internment: presenting the colonial conflict to Europe; Part III. Global Connections: 6. The British Empire and the global internment system; 7. The end of German colonial rule: repatriation; Conclusion; Bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: Mahon Murphy, Mahon (Kyoto University Murphy
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9781108406444
• ISBN: 978-1-108-40644-4
• No. of pages: 259
• Series: Studies in the Social and Cult; Studies in the Social and Cult; Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, European History, Germany, First World War, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I