The Neglected War: The German South Pacific and the Influence of World War I 9780824864897
In the summer of 1914 Germany’s Pacific colonies were a quiet backwater of its empire. But the shots of Sarajevo shatter
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Table of contents :
Contents
Figures, Maps, and Tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The German Legacy
1. The First World War as a Turning Point
2. The German South Pacific under the Shadow of War: Australia and New Guinea (1914 –1921)
3. Micronesia and the War: A Special Case of Divide and Rule
4. Samoa and the New Zealand Experience (1914 –1921)
5. Indigenous Responses to the First World War
6. Paris, the Versailles Treaty, and the Fate of Germany’s South Pacific Colonies
7. “New” Colonial Policy and Indigenous Interpretations of Colonial Rule in the Light of the First World War
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Contents
Figures, Maps, and Tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The German Legacy
1. The First World War as a Turning Point
2. The German South Pacific under the Shadow of War: Australia and New Guinea (1914 –1921)
3. Micronesia and the War: A Special Case of Divide and Rule
4. Samoa and the New Zealand Experience (1914 –1921)
5. Indigenous Responses to the First World War
6. Paris, the Versailles Treaty, and the Fate of Germany’s South Pacific Colonies
7. “New” Colonial Policy and Indigenous Interpretations of Colonial Rule in the Light of the First World War
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
- Author / Uploaded
- Hermann Hiery
