LEADER 02341nam 2200409 450 001 9910720874703321 005 20230703181552.0 010 $a1-80073-289-9 035 $a(CKB)5670000000607073 035 $a(NjHacI)995670000000607073 035 $a(EXLCZ)995670000000607073 100 $a20230703d2022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEnvironing empire $enature, infrastructure, and the making of German Southwest Africa /$fMartin Kalb 210 1$aNew York :$cBerghahn Books,$d[2022] 210 4$dİ2022 215 $a1 online resource (322 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aEnvironment in history ;$vVolume 23 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntro -- 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. 330 $a"Even leaving aside the vast death and suffering that it wrought on indigenous populations, German ambitions to transform Southwest Africa in the early part of the twentieth century were futile for most. For years colonists wrestled ocean waters, desert landscapes, and widespread aridity as they tried to reach inland in their effort of turning outwardly barren lands into a profitable settler colony. In his innovative environmental history, Martin Kalb outlines the development of the colony up to World War I, deconstructing the common settler narrative, all to reveal the importance of natural forces and the Kaisereich's everyday violence"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aEnvironment in history ;$vVolume 23. 517 $aEnvironing Empire 606 $aEnvironmental management 615 0$aEnvironmental management. 676 $a363.705 700 $aKalb$b Martin$0933008 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910720874703321 996 $aEnvironing empire$93394413 997 $aUNINA