Britain, Germany and Colonial Violence in South-West Africa, 1884-1919, 9783030945633
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Colonial violence revealed: Britain, Germany, and genocide in South-West Africa.
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Britain, Germany and Colonial Violence in South-West Africa, 1884-1919

the herero and nama genocide

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Summary

Shadows of Empire: Britain, Germany, and the Specter of Colonial Violence in South-West Africa

Reflecting emerging scholarship on the entanglement of colonial histories, this book examines British and South African perspectives on, and involvement in, the genocide of the Herero and Nama in German South West Africa from 1904 to 1908.

Seeking to present a transnational and trans-colonial perspective on the war imposed by Germany, the book sheds light on Anglo-German relations …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9783030945633
ISBN-10:3030945634
Series:Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies
Author:Mads Bomholt Nielsen
Publisher:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:233
Edition:2022nd
Release Date:2 March 2023
Weight:329g
Dimensions:210mm x 148mm
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Critics Review

Britain, Germany and Colonial Violence in South-West Africa, 1884–1919: The Herero and Nama Genocide is a meticulously researched and compelling reassessment of colonial histories of genocidal violence and their quotidian operations.” (T. J. Tallie, Victorian Studies, Vol. 66 (4), 2024)

About The Author

Mads Bomholt Nielsen

Mads Bomholt Nielsen is currently working at the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science in Denmark. Previously, he was Carlsberg Foundation Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford and Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Copenhagen. He obtained his PhD from King’s College London in 2017.

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