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
Autor principal: Muschalek, Marie A., 1978- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
German Southwest Africa. > Landespolizei > History.
Violence.
Police.
Germans.
Colonization.
HISTORY > Europe > Germany.
Allemands > Namibie > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Violence > Namibie > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Germans > Namibia > History > 20th century.
Violence > Namibia > History > 20th century.
Police > Namibia > History > 20th century.
Namibia.
Namibie > Histoire > 1884-1915.
Namibia > Colonization.
Namibia > History > 1884-1915.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (270 pages).
ISBN:9781501742866

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