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245 10 a| Forged in genocide :b| migrant workers shaping colonial capitalism in Namibia, 1890-1925 /c| William Blakemore Lyon.;

264 1 a| Berlin ;a| Boston :b| De Gruyter Oldenbourg,c| [2024];

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490 1 a| Africa in global history;

500 a| Includes bibliographic references (pages 309-322) and index.;

520 a| Forged in Genocide traces the early history of colonial capitalism in Namibia with a central focus on migrants who came to be key to the economy during and as a result of the German genocide of the Herero and Nama (1904-1908). It posits that Namibia, far from being a colonial backwater of the early 20th century, became highly integrated into the labor flows and economies of West and Southern Africa, and even for a time was one of the most sought-after regions for African migrants because of relatively high wages and numerous opportunities resulting from the war's demographic devastation paired with an economic frenzy following the discovery of diamonds. In highlighting the life stories of migrants in Namibia from regions as diverse as the Kru coast of Liberia, the Eastern Cape of South Africa, and the Ovambo polities of Northern Namibia, this work integrates micro-history into larger African continental trends. Building off of written sources from migrants themselves and utilising the Namibian Worker Database constructed for this project, this book explores the lives of workers in early colonial Namibia in a way that has hereto not been attempted. --c| Provided by publisher.;

505 00 t| Introduction --g| 1.t| Colonial Contact Zones: Power, Politics and Labor at Early Work Sites in German South West Africa, 1892-1903 --g| 2.t| The Human Infrastructure of the Namibian War: Origins of the 'Namibian Labor Corridors' in War and Genocide, 1904-1908 --g| 3.t| Workers from the North: The Ovambo Labor Corridor, 1905-1914 --g| 4.t| Privileged but Precarious West and South African Migrants: Labor Elite and Entrepreneurs, 1908-1914 --g| 5.t| The End of the 'Namibian Labor Corridors': War, Pandemic, Unions, and Garveyism, 1914-1925 --t| Conclusion.;

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Forged in genocide : migrant workers shaping colonial capitalism in Namibia, 1890-1925 / William Blakemore Lyon.

Author/creator	Lyon, William Blakemore author.
Format	Book
Publication	Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, [2024]
Description	ix, 329 pages : Illustrations (some color), color maps, color charts ; 23 cm.
Subjects	Genocide--Namibia. --20th century. Migrant labor--Namibia. --History. --20th century. Migrant labor--Africa. --History. --20th century. Labor--Namibia. --History. --20th century. Labor--Africa. --History. --20th century. Imperialism. Genocide. Germany--Colonies. --20th century. Africa--Emigration and immigration. --History. --20th century. Namibia--History. --20th century. Namibia--History.

Series	Africa in global history Africa in global history ; v. 9. ^A1461691
Contents	Introduction -- 1. Colonial Contact Zones: Power, Politics and Labor at Early Work Sites in German South West Africa, 1892-1903 -- 2. The Human Infrastructure of the Namibian War: Origins of the 'Namibian Labor Corridors' in War and Genocide, 1904-1908 -- 3. Workers from the North: The Ovambo Labor Corridor, 1905-1914 -- 4. Privileged but Precarious West and South African Migrants: Labor Elite and Entrepreneurs, 1908-1914 -- 5. The End of the 'Namibian Labor Corridors': War, Pandemic, Unions, and Garveyism, 1914-1925 -- Conclusion.
Abstract	Forged in Genocide traces the early history of colonial capitalism in Namibia with a central focus on migrants who came to be key to the economy during and as a result of the German genocide of the Herero and Nama (1904-1908). It posits that Namibia, far from being a colonial backwater of the early 20th century, became highly integrated into the labor flows and economies of West and Southern Africa, and even for a time was one of the most sought-after regions for African migrants because of relatively high wages and numerous opportunities resulting from the war's demographic devastation paired with an economic frenzy following the discovery of diamonds. In highlighting the life stories of migrants in Namibia from regions as diverse as the Kru coast of Liberia, the Eastern Cape of South Africa, and the Ovambo polities of Northern Namibia, this work integrates micro-history into larger African continental trends. Building off of written sources from migrants themselves and utilising the Namibian Worker Database constructed for this project, this book explores the lives of workers in early colonial Namibia in a way that has hereto not been attempted. -- Provided by publisher.
General note	Includes bibliographic references (pages 309-322) and index.
ISBN	9783111374659
ISBN	3111374653 (hardcover)

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