LEADER 03869nam 22007334a 450 001 9910454111503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-96655-X 010 $a0-226-77244-6 010 $a9786611966553 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226772448 035 $a(CKB)1000000000578923 035 $a(EBL)408510 035 $a(OCoLC)476229423 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000138162 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11146086 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000138162 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10100778 035 $a(PQKB)10809429 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC408510 035 $a(DE-B1597)524905 035 $a(OCoLC)1135597655 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226772448 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL408510 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10265899 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL196655 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000578923 100 $a20060613d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe devil's handwriting$b[electronic resource] $eprecoloniality and the German colonial state in Qingdao, Samoa, and Southwest Africa /$fGeorge Steinmetz 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (677 p.) 225 1 $aChicago studies in practices of meaning 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-77243-8 311 $a0-226-77241-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [527]-603) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tPreface -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tAbbreviations -- $tChapter 1. Introduction: Ethnography and the Colonial State -- $tChapter 2. "A World Composed almost Entirely of Contradictions": Southwest Africans in German Eyes, before Colonialism -- $tChapter 3. From Native Policy to Genocide to Eugenics: German Southwest Africa -- $tChapter 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 -- $tChapter 5. "The Spirit of the German Nation at Work in the Antipodes": German Colonialism in Samoa, 1900-1914 -- $tChapter 6. The Foreign Devil's Handwriting: German Views of China before "Kiautschou" -- $tChapter 7. A Pact with the (Foreign) Devil: Qingdao as a Colony -- $tChapter 8. Conclusion: Colonial Afterlives -- $tAppendix 1: A Note on Sources and Procedures -- $tAppendix 2: Head Administrators of German Southwest Africa, Samoa, and Kiaochow -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aGermany's overseas colonial empire was relatively short lived, lasting from 1884 to 1918. During this period, dramatically different policies were enacted in the colonies: in Southwest Africa, German troops carried out a brutal slaughter of the Herero people; in Samoa, authorities pursued a paternalistic defense of native culture; in Qingdao, China, policy veered between harsh racism and cultural exchange.Why did the same colonizing power act in such differing ways? In The Devil's Handwriting, George Steinmetz tackles this question through a brilliant cross 410 0$aChicago studies in practices of meaning. 606 $aImperialism 607 $aGermany$xColonies$xHistory 607 $aGermany$xForeign relations$y1888-1918 607 $aGermany$xColonies$xRace relations 607 $aQingdao (China)$xHistory 607 $aGermany$xForeign relations$zChina 607 $aChina$xForeign relations$zGermany 607 $aSamoa$xHistory 607 $aNamibia$xHistory$y1884-1915 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aImperialism. 676 $a325/.343 700 $aSteinmetz$b George$f1957-$0270222 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454111503321 996 $aThe devil's handwriting$92198912 997 $aUNINA LEADER 02099nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910457089903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-79588-0 010 $a9786612795886 010 $a1-86189-615-8 035 $a(CKB)2550000000006701 035 $a(EBL)480998 035 $a(OCoLC)671648470 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000359268 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11278152 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000359268 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10381256 035 $a(PQKB)10364856 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC480998 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL480998 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10430651 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL279588 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000006701 100 $a20080429d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aElephant$b[electronic resource] /$fDan Wylie 210 $aLondon $cReaktion$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (208 p.) 225 0 $aAnimal 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-86189-397-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aElephant Cover; Imprint page; Contents; 1 Proboscidae; 2 An Astounding Physiology; 3 Representing Elephants; 4 Using Elephants; 5 Conservation; Timeline of the Elephant; References; Bibliography; Associations and Websites; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements; Index 330 $aAristotle characterized the elephant as "the beast which passeth all others in wit and mind" and the animal has long figured in cultural artifacts, even on continents it has never inhabited. Now Elephant provides an engaging look at the elephant's long le 410 0$aRB-Animal 606 $aElephants 606 $aPachyderms 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aElephants. 615 0$aPachyderms. 676 $a599.67 700 $aWylie$b Dan$0696563 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457089903321 996 $aElephant$92234834 997 $aUNINA