A Sad Fiasco: Colonial Concentration Camps in Southern Africa, 1900–1908 - Couverture souple

Kreienbaum, Jonas

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1836953763 ISBN 13 : 9781836953760

Editeur : Berghahn Books, 2025

Synopsis

Only in recent years has the history of European colonial concentration camps in Africa--in which thousands of prisoners died in appalling conditions--become widely known beyond a handful of specialists. Although they preceded the Third Reich by many decades, the camps' newfound notoriety has led many to ask to what extent they anticipated the horrors of the Holocaust. Were they designed for mass killing, a misbegotten attempt at modernization, or something else entirely? A Sad Fiasco confronts this difficult question head-on, reconstructing the actions of colonial officials in both British South Africa and German South-West Africa as well as the experiences of internees to explore both the similarities and the divergences between the African camps and their Nazi-era successors.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jonas Kreienbaum is a lecturer at the Historical Institute of the University of Rostock. He holds a doctorate in modern history from Humboldt University Berlin and has worked extensively on colonial history, decolonization, and mass violence.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Berghahn Books
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1836953763
• ISBN 13: 9781836953760
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 289
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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