Violence as usual : policing and the colonial state in German Southwest Africa /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Muschalek, Marie A., 1978- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019.
Temas:
German Southwest Africa. > Landespolizei > History.
1884-1999
Police > Namibia > History > 20th century.
Violence > Namibia > History > 20th century.
Germans > Namibia > History > 20th century.
Violence > Namibie > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Allemands > Namibie > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > Europe > Germany.
Colonization.
Germans.
Police.
Violence.
Namibia > History > 1884-1915.
Namibia > Colonization.
Namibie > Histoire > 1884-1915.
Namibia.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : everyday violence and the colonial state
  • Honor, status, masculinity : violent identity formations
  • Soldier-bureaucrats : the primacy of proper bearing
  • Of whips, shackles, and guns : tools and technologies of policing
  • Police work : daily routines and the art of making do
  • Policing work : violent regulation of the labor market
  • Conclusion : histories of colonial violence.

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