Exclusion and Inclusion - Gradations of Whiteness and Socio-economic Engineering in German Southwest Africa, 1884-1914 (Paperback)

This book sets out to examine the internal workings of a colonial settler society drawing on aspects of post-colonial theory and whiteness studies. It focuses on the construction of a hierarchical social order in German Southwest Africa in the period 1884-1914. In doing so it explores the historical creation of categories of race and the construction of a concept of whiteness within white settler society in Germany's foremost settler colony. In the colonial environment the presence of some settlers was deemed to be more desirable than others. As a consequence policies of exclusion and racial rhetoric would be employed to exclude undesirable settlers from white society. What emerged was a pioneer society in which undesirable settlers were socially, politically and economically excluded whilst desirable settlers sought to forge a racially and culturally exclusive utopia. Based on extensive archival material from the Bundesarchiv in Berlin as well as a wide range of printed sources, the book presents an insight into strategies of social control, power, the establishment of social privilege and constructions of whiteness in a settler society.

General

Imprint:	Verlag Peter Lang
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Cultural Identity Studies, 6
Release date:	August 2007
Authors:	Robbie Aitken
Dimensions:	150 x 220 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	265
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-911060-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary theory Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > African history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General Books > History > African history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	3-03-911060-8
Barcode:	9783039110605

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