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A Sad Fiasco

Colonial Concentration Camps in Southern Africa, 1900–1908

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ID11835824
AuthorsJonas Kreienbaum (0000-0002-2781-2645, corresponding author)
TranslatorsElizabeth Janik
Year2019
Pages289
Publication date2019-09-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueSad Fiasco (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherBerghahn Books, Incorporated (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3167/9781789203264;10.2307/j.ctt7hbjj2
OpenAlexW3094436005
Open LibraryOL53256124M
ISBN9781789203271
LanguageEN
Citations received2

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

Archaeology · Colonialism · Ethnology · Geography · African history and culture studies · Computer Science · German Colonialism and Identity Studies · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Psychology · South African History and Culture · Africa · British colonies · Colonies · Concentration camps · German colonies · Germany · Great britain

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Citation span2022 - 2024 (3)
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