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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824245103321

Titolo

The cultural legacy of German colonial rule / / edited by Klaus Mühlhahn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

3-11-052572-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (204 pages) : illustrations, photographs

Disciplina

325.34309

Soggetti

POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism

History

Germany Colonies History

Germany Foreign relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Colonies, Empires, Nations: A Twentieth Century History -- Material Memories of Empire: Coming to Terms with German Colonialism -- Schaffe, schaffe, Häusle baue: German Entrepreneurs and Settlers on the Kenyan Coast since the 1960s -- Writing under Colonial Rule -- Is Togo a permanent Model Colony? -- Monuments – and what else? The Controversial Legacy of German Colonialism in Namibia -- Colonial Qingdao through Chinese eyes -- Germany in Samoa: Before and After Colonisation -- The legacy of the German language in Papua New Guinea

Sommario/riassunto

This edited volume explores social, economic, political, and cultural practices generated by African, Asian, and Oceanic individuals and groups within the context and aftermath of German colonialism. The volume contributes to current debates on transnational and intercultural processes while highlighting the ways in which the colonial period is embedded in larger processes of globalization.