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Baumgart, Winfried (1992): Bismarcks Kolonialpolitik
Baumgart, Winfried: Bismarcks Kolonialpolitik (Bismarck's Colonial Policy) in: Johannes Kunisch (Hrsg.), Bismarck und seine Zeit, Berlin 1992, S. 141–153 Excerpt from the beginning of the first chapter of the article (pages...
Bley, Helmut (1971): South-West Africa Under German Rule
Bley, Helmut: South-West Africa Under German Rule, 1894-1914, London 1971 (Translated from the original German version of 1968) Original German work: "Kolonialherrschaft und Sozialstruktur in Deutsch-Südwestafrika 1894-1914", Hamburg 1968...
Bley, Helmut (1968): Kolonialherrschaft und Sozialstruktur in Deutsch-Südwestafrika
Bley, Helmut: Kolonialherrschaft und Sozialstruktur in Deutsch-Südwestafrika 1894-1914, Hamburg 1968 English edition: "South-West Africa under German rule", London 1971 The original German work from 1968 is also available as a PDF for...
Dierks, Klaus (2002): Chronology of Namibian History
Dierks, Klaus: Chronology of Namibian History. From Pre-Historical Times to Independent Namibia, Windhoek 2002 (Second Updated and Revised Edition) Description (excerpt from the preface by Klaus Dierks, page viii): "An updated and...
Drechsler, Horst (1996): Südwestafrika unter deutscher Kolonialherrschaft. Die großen Land- und Minengesellschaften
Drechsler, Horst: Südwestafrika unter deutscher Kolonialherrschaft. Die großen Land- und Minengesellschaften (1885–1914), Stuttgart 1996 Description by the publisher, Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart, on the inside of the book cover: At...
Drechsler, Horst (1980): Let us die fighting: the struggle of the Herero and Nama against German imperialism (1884-1915)
Drechsler, Horst: Let us die fighting: the struggle of the Herero and Nama against German imperialism (1884-1915), London 1980 (translated by Bernd Zöllner) Original German work: "Südwestafrika unter deutscher Kolonialherrschaft: der...
Drechsler, Horst (1966): Südwestafrika unter deutscher Kolonialherrschaft. Der Kampf der Herero und Nama gegen den deutschen Imperialismus
Drechsler, Horst: Südwestafrika unter deutscher Kolonialherrschaft. Der Kampf der Herero und Nama gegen den deutschen Imperialismus (1884–1915), Berlin 1966 Horst Drechsler (8.01.1927 - 20.06.2004) was an internationally recognised German...
Eckl, Häussler, Akawa (eds.) (2024): An Unresolved Issue: Genocide in Colonial Namibia
Andreas Eckl and Matthias Häussler with Martha Akawa (eds.): An Unresolved Issue: Genocide in Colonial Namibia, Windhoek 2024 Description of the book (by the publisher Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung on the back cover): "War and genocide both...
Eckl, Andreas E. (2004): Herrschaft, Macht und Einfluß. Koloniale Interaktionen am Kavango von 1891 bis 1921
Eckl, Andreas E.: Herrschaft, Macht und Einfluß. Koloniale Interaktionen am Kavango (Nord-Namibia) von 1891 bis 1921, Köln 2004 Description by the publisher, Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, Köln: "This book examines the early stage of...
Geiger, Wolfgang; Melber, Henning (Hrsg.) (2021): Kritik des deutschen Kolonialismus
Geiger, Wolfgang; Melber, Henning (Hrsg.): Kritik des deutschen Kolonialismus. Postkoloniale Sicht auf Erinnerung und Geschichtsvermittlung, Frankfurt 2021 Description by the publisher, Brandes & Apsel, Frankfurt, translated to...
Gewald, Jan-Bart (1999): Herero Heroes
Gewald, Jan-Bart: Herero Heroes. A Socio-Political History of the Herero of Namibia 1890-1923, Ohio 1999 Description (text by the publisher, taken from the back cover): "This book describes the manner in which the Herero of Namibia...
Haas, Lehmann, Reinwald, Simo (Hrsg.) (2024): Das Auswärtige Amt und die Kolonien
Haas, Carlos Alberto; Lehmann, Lars; Reinwald, Brigitte; Simo, David: Das Auswärtige Amt und die Kolonien. Geschichte, Erinnerung, Erbe. München 2024 Description on the website of the publisher C.H. Beck, translated into English: Compared...
Häussler, Matthias (2021): The Herero Genocide
Häussler, Matthias: The Herero Genocide. War, Emotion, and Extreme Violence in Colonial Namibia, Oxford 2021 (Translated from the original German version 2018) Description by the publisher, Berghahn Books, New York & Oxford: "Drawing...
Hartmann, Wolfram (ed.) (2019): Nuanced Considerations
Hartmann, Wolfram (ed.): Nuanced Considerations. Recent Voices in the Namibian-German Colonial History, Windhoek 2019 Description (excerpts from the preface by Wolfram Hartmann, page 8): "The focus is on burning issues of German...
Henrichsen, Dag (2011): Herrschaft und Alltag im vorkolonialen Zentralnamibia
Henrichsen, Dag: Herrschaft und Alltag im vorkolonialen Zentralnamibia. Das Herero- und Damaraland im 19. Jahrhundert, Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Basel 2011 / Namibia Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft, Windhoek 2011 Description by the...
Katjavivi, Peter (1988): A history of Resistance in Namibia
Katjavivi, Peter (1988): A history of Resistance in Namibia Description by James Currey Publishers / Boydell and Brewer "Documents resistance to the German conquest by the Herero and Nama peoples; the South African take-over under the...
Melber, Henning; Platt, Kristin (Hrsg.) (2022): Koloniale Vergangenheit – Postkoloniale Zukunft?
Henning Melber, Henning; Platt, Kristin (Hrsg.): Koloniale Vergangenheit – Postkoloniale Zukunft? Die deutsch-namibischen Beziehungen neu denken, Frankfurt 2022 Description by the publisher, Brandes & Apsel, Frankfurt, translated into...
Nuhn, Walter (2000): Feind überall. Der große Nama-Aufstand 1904-1908
Nuhn, Walter: Feind überall. Der große Nama-Aufstand (Hottentottenaufstand) 1904 - 1908 in Deutsch-Südwestafrika (Namibia), Der erste Partisanenkrieg in der Geschichte der deutschen Armee, Bonn 2000 Table of contents, reduced to chapter...
Nuhn, Walter (1989): Sturm über Südwest. Der Hereroaufstand von 1904
Nuhn, Walter: Sturm über Südwest. Der Hereroaufstand von 1904 - Ein düsteres Kapitel der deutschen kolonialen Vergangenheit Namibias, Koblenz 1989 Table of contents, reduced to chapter headings and translated into English: 1 The...
Odendaal, Willem (2024): ‘Beggars on our own land …’
Odendaal, Willem: 'Beggars on our own land …' Tsumib v Government of the Republic of Namibia and its Implications for Ancestral Land Claims in Namibia, Basel 2024 Description of the book on the website of the publisher Basler Afrika...
Riehl, Axel (1993): Der “Tanz um den Äquator”. Bismarcks antienglische Kolonialpolitik (…) 1883 bis 1885
Riehl, Axel: Der "Tanz um den Äquator". Bismarcks antienglische Kolonialpolitik und die Erwartung des Thronwechsels in Deutschland 1883 bis 1885, Berlin 1993 Translation of title, further details and table of contents by the editor...
Wallace, Marion (2011): A History of Namibia
Wallace, Marion: A History of Namibia. From the Beginning to 1990, London 2011 (hard cover) Description by the publisher, Hurst Publishers, London: "In 1990 Namibia gained its independence after a decades-long struggle against...
Zimmerer, Jürgen (2021): German rule, African subjects
Zimmerer, Jürgen: German rule, African subjects. State Aspirations and the Reality of Power in Colonial Namibia, Oxford 2021 (Translated from the original German version "Deutsche Herrschaft über Afrikaner", 2000) Description by...
Zimmerer, Jürgen (2015): Bismarck und der Kolonialismus
Zimmerer, Jürgen: Bismarck und der Kolonialismus (Bismarck and Colonialism) Published on 20 March 2015 in the periodical 'Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte' (From politics and contemporary history) on the website of the...
Zimmerer, Jürgen; Zeller, Joachim eds. (2007): Genocide in German South-West Africa: The Colonial War of 1904–1908 and Its Aftermath
Zimmerer, Jürgen; Zeller, Joachim (Hrsg.): Genocide in German South-West Africa: The Colonial War of 1904–1908 and Its Aftermath, 2007 (Translated from the original German version "Völkermord in Deutsch-Südwestafrika", 2003) ...