Farmers to the Frontier
Settler Colonialism in the Eastern Prussian Provinces and German Southwest Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11944527 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dörte Lerp (0000-0002-2593-3558, University of Rostock, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 567-583 |
| Publication date | 2013-10-11 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Imperial & Commonwealth History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-6534 • E-ISSN: 1743-9329 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03086534.2013.836361 |
| OpenAlex | W2137723367 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 13 |
This article focuses on settler colonial practices and discourses within the German Empire. Between 1886 and 1914 German government officials funded and implemented settlement programmes in two quite distinct regions of the empire: the eastern provinces of Posen and West Prussia and the colony German Southwest Africa. So far those programmes have not been analysed together, most likely due to the largely separate disciplinary traditions of East European and colonial history. Striving for a more inclusive approach towards German imperial history this article demonstrates that the settlement schemes in both places were characterised by similar struggles over concepts of space and population. It argues moreover that völkisch ideas of Lebensraum became increasingly influential within those struggles because they bridged the gap between conflicting conservative and liberal concepts of socio-spatial organisation
Ancient history · Archaeology · Colonialism · Economic history · Empire · Ethnology · Frontier · Geography · German · Government (linguistics · Political science · Population · Settlement (finance · Sociology · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · Demography · European history and politics · German Colonialism and Identity Studies · History · Law
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2023 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |