Environing Empire
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Environing Empire
Nature, Infrastructure and the Making of German Southwest Africa
Kalb, Martin
Berghahn Books
04/2022
322
Dura
Inglês
9781800732902
15 a 20 dias
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Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. Currents, Chances, Commodities
On the Margins
Boiling Giants
Clubbing the Wing-footed
Shoveling White Gold
Chapter 2. Accessing an Arid Land
Our Place in the Desert
Reaching Southwest Africa
Germany's Own Entrance
Chapter 3. Harbors, Animals, Trains
Technological Marbles
Animal Engineering
Reaching Inland
Chapter 4. Solving Aridity
Existing Structures
Water Structures
Engineering Water
Chapter 5. Access and Destruction
Supplying War
Maintaining Access
Fighting People and Nature
Chapter 6. Expanding War and Death
Drilling Wood
Accessing the South
Reaching Beyond
Chapter 7. Creating a Model Colony
Visions of a Model Colony
Solving the Water Question
Creating a Settler Paradise
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. Currents, Chances, Commodities
On the Margins
Boiling Giants
Clubbing the Wing-footed
Shoveling White Gold
Chapter 2. Accessing an Arid Land
Our Place in the Desert
Reaching Southwest Africa
Germany's Own Entrance
Chapter 3. Harbors, Animals, Trains
Technological Marbles
Animal Engineering
Reaching Inland
Chapter 4. Solving Aridity
Existing Structures
Water Structures
Engineering Water
Chapter 5. Access and Destruction
Supplying War
Maintaining Access
Fighting People and Nature
Chapter 6. Expanding War and Death
Drilling Wood
Accessing the South
Reaching Beyond
Chapter 7. Creating a Model Colony
Visions of a Model Colony
Solving the Water Question
Creating a Settler Paradise
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
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History: 20th Century to Present, Environmental Studies (General)
Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. Currents, Chances, Commodities
On the Margins
Boiling Giants
Clubbing the Wing-footed
Shoveling White Gold
Chapter 2. Accessing an Arid Land
Our Place in the Desert
Reaching Southwest Africa
Germany's Own Entrance
Chapter 3. Harbors, Animals, Trains
Technological Marbles
Animal Engineering
Reaching Inland
Chapter 4. Solving Aridity
Existing Structures
Water Structures
Engineering Water
Chapter 5. Access and Destruction
Supplying War
Maintaining Access
Fighting People and Nature
Chapter 6. Expanding War and Death
Drilling Wood
Accessing the South
Reaching Beyond
Chapter 7. Creating a Model Colony
Visions of a Model Colony
Solving the Water Question
Creating a Settler Paradise
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. Currents, Chances, Commodities
On the Margins
Boiling Giants
Clubbing the Wing-footed
Shoveling White Gold
Chapter 2. Accessing an Arid Land
Our Place in the Desert
Reaching Southwest Africa
Germany's Own Entrance
Chapter 3. Harbors, Animals, Trains
Technological Marbles
Animal Engineering
Reaching Inland
Chapter 4. Solving Aridity
Existing Structures
Water Structures
Engineering Water
Chapter 5. Access and Destruction
Supplying War
Maintaining Access
Fighting People and Nature
Chapter 6. Expanding War and Death
Drilling Wood
Accessing the South
Reaching Beyond
Chapter 7. Creating a Model Colony
Visions of a Model Colony
Solving the Water Question
Creating a Settler Paradise
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
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