Violence as usual : policing and the colonial state in German Southwest Africa /
This book is a historical anthropology of the daily deeds of African and German men enrolled in the colonial police force called the Landespolizei. Exploring first their sociocultural backgrounds and mindsets, as well as their practical habits, the book then describes how these men came to be the ke...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press,
2019.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | This book is a historical anthropology of the daily deeds of African and German men enrolled in the colonial police force called the Landespolizei. Exploring first their sociocultural backgrounds and mindsets, as well as their practical habits, the book then describes how these men came to be the key regulators of normalized, functional violence.--description provided by publisher. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 255 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781501742873 1501742876 9781501742866 1501742868 |