An imperial homeland : forging German identity in southwest Africa / Adam A. Blackler.

Author/creator Blackler, Adam A. author.
Format Book
PublicationUniversity Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2022]
Copyright Datecu2022
Descriptionxiv, 265 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Subjects
National characteristics, German.
Imperialism.
Namibia--History. --1884-1915.
Germany--Colonies. --Africa.
Germany--Relations. --Namibia. --History. --19th century.
Namibia--Relations. --Germany. --History. --19th century.
Germany--Relations. --Namibia. --History. --20th century.
Namibia--Relations. --Germany. --History. --20th century.
Germany--Colonies. --Race relations.

SeriesThe Max Kade Research Institute series : Germans beyond Europe
Max Kade German-American Research Institute series. ^A595085
Contents Introduction : national fantasies -- German identity and the African Heimat -- "New worlds of vitality" : colonial aspirations and the German nation, 1848-1884 -- "Between Heimat and heathens" : religious chauvinism in southwest Africa -- "A blessing to itself and the motherland" : extolling empire in the age of imperial conquest -- "I have done all I can" : African resistance and the evolution of German colonial violence -- "My nearly white wife" : colonial citizenship and the racial boundaries of Germanness -- "A little bit of the devil in his body" : imperial masculinity and the ideal German (settler) -- Conclusion : after empire -- Heimat S̐uudwest and German identity.
Abstract "Examines 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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 236-255) and index.
LCCN 2022019036
ISBN9780271092980
ISBN027109298X

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