From Africa to Auschwitz: how German South West Africa incubated ideas and methods adopted and developed by the Nazis in Eastern Europe
In: European history quarterly, Band 35, Heft 3, S. 429-464
In: European history quarterly, Band 35, Heft 3, S. 429-464
World Affairs Online
In: ProQuest Ebook Central
Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Where I Am Coming From and What Follows -- 1 Non-universal Human Rights and Rightlessness -- Racial Contracts -- Non-universal Human Rights -- Hierarchical Orderings of Rights -- Civic Stratification -- Rightlessness -- The Structural Embeddedness of Non-universal Human Rights -- 2 The Uneasy Present of Colonialism -- Uneasy Memories -- Obliterating Colonial History -- Colonial Laws Today -- From Decolonization to Neocolonialism -- Undemocratic Democracies -- Muscular Lockjaw -- Moral Equivalences -- 3 Slavery and Its Afterlives -- Introduction -- The Uneasy Present of Slavery -- Jefferson, Human Rights and Slavery -- Segregation -- African-Americans and Criminal Justice -- Voter Suppression -- Racial Rules and Demography -- 4 The Less Than Human -- People But Not People -- Resistance -- Objecthood -- Dehumanization -- Women as a Colonial Bone of Contention -- Nervous Conditions -- Macron Tours Africa -- Algerians in France -- Post-independence Fallout -- 5 The Impossibility of Indigenous Human Rights -- Introduction -- The Non-rights of Indigenous Peoples -- American Treaties -- The Roads to Standing Rock -- 'This Is Like a War Crime' -- A Permanent State of Exception -- The Impossibility of International Indigenous Human Rights -- 6 Decolonizing Human Rights -- Introduction -- Colonial Disorientation and Redemption -- Human Rights under Titanic Inequalities -- Disavowing Human Rights -- Reparative Justice -- Indigenizing Law -- Notes -- Introduction -- 1 Non-universal Human Rights and Restlessness -- 2 The Uneasy Present of Colonialism -- 3 Slavery and its Afterlives -- 4 The Less Than Human -- 5 The Impossibility of Indigenous Human Rights -- 6 Decolonizing Human Rights -- References -- Index -- EULA.
Along with noting Dutch and British media responses to the European Parliament's House of European History (HEH) both before and after it opened in 2017 that reflect Eurosceptic and outright hostile attitudes about the European Union, this article focuses on the presence and absence of colonial and global histories and peoples in the HEH's permanent collection. It contrasts the critical interrogation of modern European imperialism up until the First World War with the lack of attention paid to late imperialism, decolonisation, and postcolonial legacies together with the Ottoman Empire and Turkey. As a result, the HEH has thus far missed the chance to probe how European overseas empires and their collapse intersected with the EU's origins and neglected the EU's ongoing reach outside the continent on account of overseas territories still held by its member states. It also has not effectively engaged with the presence and impact of peoples of migrant backgrounds from outside the EU's current borders, who have not been given the European history they deserve. This results in an incomplete global history of today's multicultural Europe.This article is part of the forum 'The House of European History'. Dit artikel gaat in op de reacties van de Nederlandse en Britse media op het Huis van de Europese geschiedenis (HEH), opgericht door het EU-parlement, zowel voor als na de opening ervan in 2017. Die reacties geven de Euroscepsis en ronduit vijandige houding ten opzichte van dit initiatief weer. Dit artikel richt zich vervolgens op de aan- en afwezigheid van koloniale en globale geschiedenis en van de geschiedenis van niet-westerse volkeren in het HEH. Het artikel contrasteert de kritische reflectie op het moderne Europese imperialisme tot aan de Eerste Wereldoorlog met het gebrek aan aandacht in de permanente collectie voor het naoorlogse imperialisme, de dekolonisatie, de postkoloniale erfenissen, het Ottomaanse Rijk en Turkije. Dit is een gemiste kans. Het HEH kan daardoor ook geen aandacht besteden aan de manier waarop de Europese overzeese kolonies, diens ondergang en het ontstaan van de EU elkaar kruisten. Daarmee gaat het HEH ook voorbij aan het voortdurende contact van de EU met staten die buiten het Europees continent liggen en nog steeds tot het gebied van EU-lidstaten behoren. Een ander punt van kritiek is de weinig doeltreffende aandacht voor inwoners met een migratie-achtergrond van buiten de grenzen van de EU. Zij krijgen op deze manier niet de Europese geschiedenis die hen toekomt. Het resultaat van dit alles is een onvolledige globale geschiedenis van het huidige multiculturele Europa. Dit artikel maakt deel uit van het forum 'The House of European History'.
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In: Translocal Chinese: East Asian perspectives : TCEA, Band 15, Heft 2, S. 271-302
ISSN: 2452-2015
Abstract
The Chinese in Cuba, Trinidad and Tobago, and Panama have had long histories of migration dating back to the nineteenth century, when British and Spanish colonial powers started to bring them to the Caribbean and Latin America from Guangdong province. The primary goal was to provide labor for the sugar cane, guano, bird nest, gold and silver mining, and other industries. In the 1870s, Havana could boast of having the largest Chinatown in the Caribbean, with more than 10,000 Chinese. Today, it has fewer than 100 Chinese Cubans. Trinidad and Tobago's population of Chinese waned after the nineteenth century, but many Trinidadians have some Chinese ancestry, while Panama currently has the highest percentage (7 percent) of Chinese among Latin American countries. What stories, approaches, and lessons can be learned by comparing their histories to that of the Chinese in the Philippines? More specifically, how are the experiences of the Chinese in these three countries, whether citizen or recent immigrant, similar to those in the Philippines? What can we learn from the scholarship on the Chinese in the Caribbean that can help shape our own research agenda in studying the Chinese in the Philippines? Through a combination of historical and ethnographic research, this essay discusses the ways in which the identities of each Chinese diasporic community are being shaped by local and external forces, including China's increasing presence in the region. This essay hopes to serve as a guidepost to Chinese diaspora scholars interested in examining further the transhemispheric connections between the Caribbean and Southeast Asia.
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In: South American archaeology series 10
In this compelling social history, William R. Pinch tackles one of the most important but most neglected fields of the colonial history of India: the relation between monasticism and caste. The highly original inquiry yields rich insights into the central structure and dynamics of Hindu society-insights that are not only of scholarly but also of great political significance.Perhaps no two images are more associated with rural India than the peasant who labors in an oppressive, inflexible social structure and the ascetic monk who denounces worldly concerns. Pinch argues that, contrary to these stereotypes, North India's monks and peasants have not been passive observers of history; they have often been engaged with questions of identity, status, and hierarchy-particularly during the British period. Pinch's work is especially concerned with the ways each group manipulated the rhetoric of religious devotion and caste to further its own agenda for social reform. Although their aims may have been quite different-Ramanandi monastics worked for social equity, while peasants agitated for higher social status-the strategies employed by these two communities shaped the popular political culture of Gangetic north India during and after the struggle for independence from the British
In: Central European history, Band 54, Heft 2, S. 383-385
ISSN: 1569-1616
In: Campbell Law Review, Band 34
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In: Borderlands and transcultural studies
"Illicit Love is a history of love, sex, and marriage between Indigenous peoples and settler citizens at the heart of two settler colonial nations, the United States and Australia. Award-winning historian Ann McGrath illuminates interracial relationships from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century through stories of romance, courtship, and marriage between Indigenous peoples and colonizers in times of nation formation.The romantic relationships of well-known and ordinary interracial couples provide the backdrop against which McGrath discloses the "marital middle ground" that emerged as a primary threat to European colonial and racial supremacy in the Atlantic and Pacific Worlds from the Age of Revolution to the Progressive Era. These relationships include the controversial courtship between white, Connecticut-born Harriett Gold and southern Cherokee Elias Boudinot; the Australian missionary Ernest Gribble and his efforts to socially segregate the settler and aboriginal population, only to be overcome by his romantic impulses for an aboriginal woman, Jeannie; the irony of Cherokee leader John Ross's marriage to a white woman, Mary Brian Stapler, despite his opposition to interracial marriages in the Cherokee Nation; and the efforts among ordinary people in the imperial borderlands of both the United States and Australia to circumvent laws barring interracial love, sex, and marriage.Illicit Love reveals how marriage itself was used by disparate parties for both empowerment and disempowerment and came to embody the contradictions of imperialism. A tour de force of settler colonial history, McGrath's study demonstrates vividly how interracial relationships between Indigenous and colonizing peoples were more frequent and threatening to nation-states in the Atlantic and Pacific worlds than historians have previously acknowledged"--
International audience ; A number of colonial testimonies refer to a female figure who had great political power among local groups during the period of Spanish/Native contact in the mid-sixteenth century in the valley of Copiapo, south of the Atacama Desert. This figure, called by the Spanish chroniclers Lainacacha, also built significant relationships with Christians during the Hispanic conquest period of the region. Thereafter, her daughter (Ana Quilinachay) seems to have taken over without we knowing whether she had inherited this status because she was the eldest or because she was a woman. She continued to be a very important figure in the valley among the Spaniards. Despite the important role that women played during this period, by the early seventeenth century their memory had already vanished, and many changes had occurred in indigenous leadership. The article examines this exceptional case in the Andean area, where there are very few references on the role of women in the highest levels of local political sphere during the colonial period. The article also analyses the historical, social and territorial dynamics at play during this period when various interests clashed; these dynamics shed light on the reasons that can account for the disappearance of women in the local Aboriginal politics. ; Existe toda una serie de testimonios coloniales que evocan una figura femenina que tenía gran poder político entre los grupos locales en tiempos del contacto hispano-indígena en la segunda mitad del siglo XVI, en el valle de Copiapó al sur del desierto de Atacama. Este personaje, llamado por los cronistas españoles Lainacacha, también construyó relaciones significativas con los cristianos durante la fase de conquista hispana de la región. Posteriormente, su hija (Ana Quilinachay) parece haber asumido el cargo sin que sepamos si lo heredó porque era la mayor, o porque era mujer. En cambio, sigue siendo una figura muy importante en el valle entre los españoles. A pesar del importante papel que las mujeres jugaron durante este período, ya a principios del XVII, su memoria se había esfumado, y muchos cambios ya habían afectado el cacicazgo prehispano. Nos interrogaremos sobre este caso excepcional en el área andina, donde hay muy pocas referencias acerca del papel de las mujeres en los más altos niveles de la esfera política local durante el período colonial. Intentaremos igualmente entender la dinámica histórica, social y territorial en juego durante este periodo en el que se enfrentaron diversos intereses y que de acuerdo a nuestro análisis nos puede ayudar a comprender mejor las razones de la desaparición de la mujer en la esfera política indígena. ; Un certain nombre de témoignages coloniaux font référence à une figure féminine ayant eu un grand pouvoir politique parmi les groupes locaux lors du contact hispano-indigène au milieu du XVIe siècle dans la vallée de Copiapo, au sud du désert d'Atacama. Cette figure, dénommée Lainacacha par les chroniqueurs espagnols, a construit également d'importants rapports avec les chrétiens durant la phase de conquête hispanique de la région. Par la suite, sa fille (Ana Quilinachay) semble lui avoir succédé sans que l'on sache si elle avait hérité de la fonction parce qu'elle était l'aînée ou bien parce qu'elle était femme. En revanche, elle continue d'être une personnalité très importante dans la vallée parmi les Espagnols. Malgré le rôle important que ces femmes ont pu jouer durant cette période, déjà au début du XVIIe, leur souvenir s'était évanoui, et de nombreux changements étaient survenus au sein de la chefferie préhispanique. Nous nous interrogerons sur ce cas de figure remarquable dans l'aire andine, dont il existe très peu de références, concernant la place des femmes au sein des plus hautes sphères du domaine politique local durant la période coloniale. Parallèlement l'article tente de cerner les dynamiques historiques, sociales et territoriales en jeu durant cette période où des intérêts divers s'affrontèrent, et qui, selon nos analyses, permettent de mieux comprendre les raisons de la disparition de la femme au sein de la sphère politique locale autochtone.
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In: Citizenship studies, Band 17, Heft 3-4, S. 400-413
ISSN: 1469-3593
In: Analecta Isisiana 121
This paper studies a set of questionnaires and instructions issued by the Spanish crown during the 18th century which pursued the direction of the collecting and dispatching practices of American natural objects by the colonial authorities. These documents are characterized as a kind of administrative and scientific protocol related to the Natural history research of the colonies, they had the political power of the crown as a principal base. This paper ends with the study of three naturalist remissions from the Río de la Plata viceroyalty which are used as examples in order to illuminate the development of the collecting practices on ground. ; Este trabajo estudia un corpus de cuestionarios e instrucciones emitidas por la corona española durante el siglo XVIII cuyo objetivo era la dirección de las prácticas de recolección y remisión de objetos naturales americanos por las autoridades coloniales. Estos documentos son caracterizados como un tipo de protocolo científico y administrativo relacionado al estudio de la historia natural americana y cuyos fundamentos eran el poder político de la corona en sus posesiones coloniales. El trabajo se cierra con la consideración de tres remisiones naturalistas rioplatenses que intentan ilustrar las cuestiones relacionadas a la recolección de objetos naturales in situ.
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In: Biblioteca de historia 14