Devil''s Handwriting - Precoloniality German Colonial State in Qingdao, Samoa, Southwest

Klappentext 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. Why did the same colonizing power act in such differing ways? This work tackles this question through a cross-cultural analysis of German colonialism. Zusammenfassung 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. Why did the same colonizing power act in such differing ways? This work tackles this question through a cross-cultural analysis of German colonialism.

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• Authors: George Steinmetz, Steinmetz George
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2007
• EAN: 9780226772431
• ISBN: 978-0-226-77243-1
• No. of pages: 608
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 38 mm
• Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning; Chicago Studies in Practices o; Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Germany, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Colonialism & imperialism, Social and cultural history, Colonialism and imperialism, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909, National liberation and independence