The Herero genocide : war, emotion, and extreme violence in colonial Namibia

Hochschulschrift

Zusammenfassung: "Drawing on previously inaccessible and overlooked archival sources, The Herero Genocide undertakes a groundbreaking investigation into the war between colonizer and colonized in what was formerly German South-West Africa and is today the nation of Namibia. In addition to its eye-opening depictions of the starvation, disease, mass captivity, and other atrocities suffered by the Herero, it reaches surprising conclusions about the nature of imperial dominion, showing how the colonial state's genocidal posture arose from its own inherent weakness and military failures. The result is an indispensable account of a genocide that has been neglected for too long"--(Provided by publisher.)

Object Details

• Alternative title: Der Genozid an den Herero
• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• ISBN: 9781800730236
• Dimensions: 24 cm
• Extent: xi, 294 pages
• Edition: English-language edition
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Lizenz des Verl. Velbrück ; Includes bibliographical references and index ; Universität Luzern, Dissertation, 2018

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Studies on war and genocide ; volume 31

Classification and Topics

• Keyword: Geschichte ; Herero-Nama-Aufstand ; Brutalität ; Eskalation ; Völkermord

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): New York, Oxford
• (who): Berghahn
• (when): 2021
• Creator: Häussler, Matthias
• Contributor: Janik, Elizabeth

Further information

• Table of contents: https://d-nb.info/124730292X/04
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• Last update: 11.03.2025, 11:38 AM CET