Becoming a Good Farmer—Becoming a Good Farm Worker
On Colonial Educational Policies in Germany and German South-West Africa, Circa 1890 to 1918
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20039244 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jakob Zollmann (WZB Berlin Social Science Center, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Pages | 109-142 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Education and Development in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Springer International Publishing (PUBLISHER • SG) |
| DOI | 10.1007/978-3-030-27801-4_5 |
| OpenAlex | W2997847793 |
| ISBN | 9783030278014 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 31 |
This chapter analyzes the training provided to Germans who were eager to become farmers in German South-West Africa (GSWA) and considers related debates on the uses of colonial knowledge and tropical agriculture for the profit of the colony. The chapter considers (1) how colonial enthusiasts and administrators viewed the need for an improved tropical agricultural education given the setbacks encountered in GSWA; (2) how knowledge related to tropical agriculture was institutionalized and administered; (3) how, in Germany, two schools for tropical agriculture were set up; and (4) how the debate about an “education to work” for the African workforce in GSWA resulted in the willful exclusion of this group from the most elementary forms of education
Agriculture · Archaeology · Colonialism · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Geography · German · Political science · Workforce · African history and culture studies · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Engineering · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · Law
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2023 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |