03536nam 22007453 450 991079884060332120240308181838.0978180073289618007328999781800734579180073457310.1515/9781800734579(MiAaPQ)EBC6915692(Au-PeEL)EBL6915692(CKB)21391746300041(MiAaPQ)EBC7048639(Au-PeEL)EBL7048639(DE-B1597)635699(DE-B1597)9781800734579(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/92436(OCoLC)1302999444(ScCtBLL)2e83ec65-065e-4569-818c-e67aa060ac26(Perlego)3467100(oapen)doab92436(EXLCZ)992139174630004120220314d2022 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEnvironing Empire Nature, Infrastructure and the Making of German Southwest AfricaBerghahn Books2022New York, NY :Berghahn Books, Incorporated,2022.©2022.1 online resource (322 pages)Environment in History: International Perspectives ;v.239781805393047 1805393049 9781800732902 1800732902 Includes 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.Environment in History: International PerspectivesNature, Infrastructure and the Making of German Southwest Africa.Environmental managementNamibiaHistoryNature and civilizationNamibiaTechnological innovationsEnvironmental aspectsNamibiaHISTORY / Africa / WestbisacshNamibiaHistory1884-1915NamibiaColonizationEnvironmental aspectsEnvironmental managementHistory.Nature and civilizationTechnological innovationsEnvironmental aspectsHISTORY / Africa / West.968.8102Kalb Martin933008MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910798840603321Environing empire3394413UNINA