{"product_id":"an-imperial-homeland-forging-german-identity-in-southwest-africa-max-kade-research-institute-germans-beyond-europe-9780271092980","title":"An Imperial Homeland Forging German Identity in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eExamines the relationship between imperial Germany and its empire in southwest Africa (present-day Namibia), exploring how Africans confronted foreign rule and altered German national identity between 1842 and 1915.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[\u003ci\u003eAn Imperial Homeland’s\u003c\/i\u003e] walkthrough of the existing literature on German Southwest Africa and its original contributions in Chapter Six of the volume will make it a useful addition to courses on German history and German imperialism.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Sean Andrew Wempe \u003ci\u003eGerman Studies Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eAn Imperial Homeland\u003c\/i\u003e traces Germany’s uses of Southwest Africa within a white imperial imaginary that harbored genocidal potential. Blackler explains how the colonial experience in German Southwest Africa affected and transformed German society across a longer time span than is typically considered within the historiography. His work shows that colonial officials, missionaries, soldiers, and settlers adapted racist and civilizationist thought and practice over decades, creating the conditions for devastating and multifaceted violence against thousands of Namibians.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Michelle R. Moyd,author of \u003ci\u003eViolent Intermediaries: African Soldiers, Conquest, and Everyday Colonialism in German East Africa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pennsylvania State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400818499927,"sku":"9780271092980","price":95.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/an-imperial-homeland-forging-german-identity-in-southwest-africa-max-kade-research-institute-germans-beyond-europe-9780271092980","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}