1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782526303321

Autore

Steinmetz George <1957->

Titolo

The devil's handwriting [[electronic resource] ] : precoloniality and the German colonial state in Qingdao, Samoa, and Southwest Africa / / George Steinmetz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2007

ISBN

1-281-96655-X

0-226-77244-6

9786611966553

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (677 p.)

Collana

Chicago studies in practices of meaning

Disciplina

325/.343

Soggetti

Imperialism

Germany Colonies History

Germany Foreign relations 1888-1918

Germany Colonies Race relations

Qingdao (China) History

Germany Foreign relations China

China Foreign relations Germany

Samoa History

Namibia History 1884-1915

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [527]-603) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1. Introduction: Ethnography and the Colonial State -- Chapter 2. "A World Composed almost Entirely of Contradictions": Southwest Africans in German Eyes, before Colonialism -- Chapter 3. From Native Policy to Genocide to Eugenics: German Southwest Africa -- Chapter 4. "A Foreign Race That All Travelers Have Agreed to be the Most Engaging": The Creation of the Samoan Noble Savage, by Way of Tahiti -- Chapter 5. "The Spirit of the German Nation at Work in the Antipodes": German Colonialism in Samoa, 1900-1914 -- Chapter 6. The Foreign Devil's Handwriting: German Views of China before "Kiautschou" -- Chapter 7. A Pact with



the (Foreign) Devil: Qingdao as a Colony -- Chapter 8. Conclusion: Colonial Afterlives -- Appendix 1: A Note on Sources and Procedures -- Appendix 2: Head Administrators of German Southwest Africa, Samoa, and Kiaochow -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Germany's overseas colonial empire was relatively short lived, lasting from 1884 to 1918. During this period, dramatically different policies were enacted in the colonies: in Southwest Africa, German troops carried out a brutal slaughter of the Herero people; in Samoa, authorities pursued a paternalistic defense of native culture; in Qingdao, China, policy veered between harsh racism and cultural exchange.Why did the same colonizing power act in such differing ways? In The Devil's Handwriting, George Steinmetz tackles this question through a brilliant cross

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828282703321

Titolo

China's economy : a collection of surveys / / edited by Iris Claus, Les Oxley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2015

ISBN

1-118-98246-0

1-118-98243-6

1-118-98244-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Surveys of recent research in economics

Classificazione

BUS069020

Disciplina

330.951

Soggetti

China Economic conditions 2000-

China Economic policy 2000-

China Social conditions 2000-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: 1. The Chinese Economy, Past, Present and Future Iris Claus and Les Oxley 2. A Survey of Recent Research in Chinese Economic History Kent Deng 3. Demographic Transition and Labour Market Changes: Implications for Economic



Development in China Yang Du and Cuifen Yang 4. Pension Reform in China: Challenges and Opportunities Yong Cai and Yuan Cheng 5. The Evolution of the Housing Market and its Socioeconomic Impacts in the Post-Reform People's Republic of China: A Survey of the Literature Jie Chen and Xuehui Han 6. Urbanization and Urban Systems in the People's Republic of China: Research Findings and Policy Recommendations Ming Lu and Guanghua Wan 7. Income Inequality in the People's Republic of China: Trends, Determinants, and Proposed Remedies Chen Wang, Guanghua Wan and Dan Yang 8. The Evolving Geography of China's Industrial Production: Implications for Pollution Dynamics and Urban Quality of Life Siqi Zheng, Cong Sun, Ye Qi and Matthew E. Kahn 9. Innovation in China Peilei Fan 10. China's Service Trade Hejing Chen and John Whalley Index.

Sommario/riassunto

"This collection of critical surveys provides readers with a range of up-to-date work from leading scholars in the area, writing on some of the key issues facing China, as they survey the present and future challenges of the Chinese economy Nine papers provide detailed discussion on key aspects of the past, present and future of the Chinese economy. Leaders in their relevant fields of scholarship tackle some of the critical issues facing China. Contributors identify common themes, including the household registration system, urbanization, demographic transition, inequality and the sustainability of economic growth. Articles provide a critical review of the literature and discuss policy implications and areas for future research"--