02341nam 2200409 450 991072087470332120230703181552.01-80073-289-9(CKB)5670000000607073(NjHacI)995670000000607073(EXLCZ)99567000000060707320230703d2022 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEnvironing empire nature, infrastructure, and the making of German Southwest Africa /Martin KalbNew York :Berghahn Books,[2022]©20221 online resource (322 pages) illustrationsEnvironment in history ;Volume 23Includes bibliographical references and index.Intro -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Currents, Chances, Commodities -- Chapter 2 -- Accessing Arid Lands -- Chapter 3 -- Harbors, Animals, Trains -- Chapter 4 -- Solving Aridity -- Chapter 5 -- Access and Destruction -- Chapter 6 -- Expanding War and Death -- Chapter 7 -- Creating a Model Colony -- Conclusion -- Selected Bibliography -- Index of Places -- Index of Persons -- Index of Subjects."Even leaving aside the vast death and suffering that it wrought on indigenous populations, German ambitions to transform Southwest Africa in the early part of the twentieth century were futile for most. For years colonists wrestled ocean waters, desert landscapes, and widespread aridity as they tried to reach inland in their effort of turning outwardly barren lands into a profitable settler colony. In his innovative environmental history, Martin Kalb outlines the development of the colony up to World War I, deconstructing the common settler narrative, all to reveal the importance of natural forces and the Kaisereich's everyday violence"--Provided by publisher.Environment in history ;Volume 23.Environing Empire Environmental managementEnvironmental management.363.705Kalb Martin933008NjHacINjHaclBOOK9910720874703321Environing empire3394413UNINA