When World War I brought an end to German colonial rule in Namibia, much of the German population stayed on. The German community, which had managed to deal with colonial administration, faced new challenges when the region became a South African mandate under the League of Nations in 1919. One of these was the issue of Germanness, which ultimately resulted in public conversations and expressions of identity. In "Creating Germans Abroad," Daniel Walther examines this discourse and provides striking new insights into the character of the German populace in both Germany and its former...
When World War I brought an end to German colonial rule in Namibia, much of the German population stayed on. The German community, which had managed t...
When World War I brought an end to German colonial rule in Namibia, much of the German population stayed on. The German community, which had managed to deal with colonial administration, faced new challenges when the region became a South African mandate under the League of Nations in 1919. One of these was the issue of Germanness, which ultimately resulted in public conversations and expressions of identity. In "Creating Germans Abroad," Daniel Walther examines this discourse and provides striking new insights into the character of the German populace in both Germany and its former...
When World War I brought an end to German colonial rule in Namibia, much of the German population stayed on. The German community, which had manage...
"The author...explains venereal diseases in the former German Imperial colonies in Africa, the Pacific, and Kiautschou/China as an epidemiological, but most of all, cultural and social phenomenon....A detailed study on venereal diseases and their political, social, cultural, and of course medical impact was missing so far. Walther adds it to colonial historiography." - Wolfgang U. Eckart, University of Heidelberg
..".this is a thoroughly researched and original work which makes a fine contribution to its field. There has been a lot of interest recently in histories of empire and German...
"The author...explains venereal diseases in the former German Imperial colonies in Africa, the Pacific, and Kiautschou/China as an epidemiological,...
