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The Resource Violence as usual : policing and the colonial state in German Southwest Africa, Marie Muschalek

Violence as usual : policing and the colonial state in German Southwest Africa, Marie Muschalek

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Violence as usual : policing and the colonial state in German Southwest Africa
Title
Violence as usual
Title remainder
policing and the colonial state in German Southwest Africa
Statement of responsibility
Marie Muschalek
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"This book is a historical anthropology of the daily deeds of African and German men enrolled in the colonial police force called the Landespolizei. Exploring first their sociocultural backgrounds and mindsets, as well as their practical habits, the book then describes how these men came to be the key regulators of normalized, functional violence"--
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1978-
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Muschalek, Marie A.
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • German Southwest Africa
  • Police
  • Violence
  • Germans
  • Namibia
  • Namibia
  • Colonization
  • Germans
  • Police
  • Violence
  • Namibia
Label
Violence as usual : policing and the colonial state in German Southwest Africa, Marie Muschalek
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction: Everyday violence and the colonial state -- Honor, status, masculinity: violent identity formations -- Soldier-bureaucrats: the primacy of proper bearing -- Of whips, shackles, and guns: tools and technologies of policing -- Police work: daily routines and the art of making do -- Policing work: violent regulation of the labor market -- Conclusion: Histories of colonial violence
Control code
1089870178
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xi, 255 pages
Isbn
9781501742859
Lccn
2019006493
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1089870178
Label
Violence as usual : policing and the colonial state in German Southwest Africa, Marie Muschalek
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction: Everyday violence and the colonial state -- Honor, status, masculinity: violent identity formations -- Soldier-bureaucrats: the primacy of proper bearing -- Of whips, shackles, and guns: tools and technologies of policing -- Police work: daily routines and the art of making do -- Policing work: violent regulation of the labor market -- Conclusion: Histories of colonial violence
Control code
1089870178
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xi, 255 pages
Isbn
9781501742859
Lccn
2019006493
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1089870178

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