Violence as usual: policing and the colonial state in German Southwest Africa

This book is a historical anthropology of the daily deeds of African and German men enrolled in the colonial police force called the Landespolizei. Exploring first their sociocultural backgrounds and mindsets, as well as their practical habits, the book then describes how these men came to be the ke...

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Main Author: Muschalek, Marie 1978- (Author)
Corporate Author: Cornell University (Degree granting institution)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca London Cornell University Press [2019]
In:Year: 2019
Online Access: Table of Contents
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Keywords:
German Southwest Africa > Landespolizei > History
Police > Namibia > History > 20th century
Violence > Namibia > History > 20th century
Germans > Namibia > History > 20th century
Kolonialverwaltung
Kolonialismus
Polizei
Unterdrückung
Gewalttätigkeit
Rassismus
Namibia > History > 1884-1915
Namibia > Colonization
Deutschland
Deutsches Reich
Namibia
Hochschulschrift
Deutsch-Südwestafrika > Schutzgebiet > Kolonialismus > Polizei > Gewalt > Geschichte 1905-1915
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Summary:This book is a historical anthropology of the daily deeds of African and German men enrolled in the colonial police force called the Landespolizei. Exploring first their sociocultural backgrounds and mindsets, as well as their practical habits, the book then describes how these men came to be the key regulators of normalized, functional violence
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 227-250
Physical Description:xi, 255 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:9781501742859