“Let Us Die Fighting”
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“Let Us Die Fighting”

The Struggle of the Herero and Nama against German Imperialism (1884–1915)

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“Let Us Die Fighting”

The Struggle of the Herero and Nama against German Imperialism (1884–1915)

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Publisher
De Gruyter
Year
1966
eBook ISBN
9783112745915
Edition
0
Topic
History
Subtopic
World History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. Introduction
  4. I: The German Penetration of South West Africa (1884—92)
  5. The Peoples of South West Africa
  6. The Role of the Rhenish Missionaries
  7. Liideritz and his "Purchases"
  8. The So-called Protection Treaties
  9. The Sale of Liideritz's "Possessions"
  10. The Borders of South West Africa
  11. A Bleak Economic Situation: Disillusionment and Stagnation
  12. Gold is "Discovered"
  13. The Collapse of the German "Protectorate"
  14. The Herero Provoked
  15. Official and Commercial Plans for South West Africa
  16. Collusion between the Kharaskhoma Syndicate and the German Government
  17. The Occupation of Windhoek
  18. English Capital Comes to South West Africa
  19. The Nama and Herero Make Peace
  20. II: Land and Cattle (1893—1903)
  21. The Raid on Homkranz
  22. Witbooi Takes the Initiative
  23. The Subjugation of the Khauas and Franzmanns
  24. Leutwein and Witbooi Come to Terms
  25. Leutwein Intervenes with the Bondelswarts
  26. Political Divisions among the Herero
  27. Leutwein's War Plans
  28. The Rising of the Mbandjeru and Khauas
  29. South West Africa's Economic Situation, 1893—1902
  30. The Rising of the Afrikaaners
  31. The Rising of the Zwartboois
  32. The Bondelswarts and Bethanie Resist Weapons Control
  33. Plans to Subdue Amboland
  34. The Rising of the Bondelswarts
  35. Territorial Losses of the Herero and Nama
  36. The Mission's Plans for a Reserve
  37. The Cattle Losses of the Herero
  38. III: The Herero Uprising (1904)
  39. The Causes of the Uprising
  40. The Search for a Scapegoat
  41. The Herero Conduct of the War
  42. The Anti-Herero Propaganda Campaign
  43. Initial Stages of the War
  44. The Germans Take No Prisoners
  45. The Battle in the Waterberg: The Genocide of the Herero
  46. Von Trotha's Conduct of the War
  47. A Pyrrhic Victory
  48. VI : The Nama Uprising (1904—07)
  49. The Situation in Namaland
  50. Jakob Morenga Opens Hostilities
  51. The Causes of the Uprising
  52. The First Stages of the War
  53. The Witboois Withdraw from the Struggle
  54. The Germans Pursue Morenga into British Territory
  55. Negotiations, the Last Resort
  56. Morenga is Shot by the British
  57. A Shabby Deal
  58. Herero Slave Labourers
  59. Plans to Deport the Nama
  60. The Human Cost
  61. Final Expropriation
  62. The Beneficiaries of the War
  63. V: The Peace of the Graveyard (1907—15)
  64. The Herero and Nama Become Forced Labourers
  65. The Quest for Manpower
  66. The Use of Flogging
  67. German Apprehensions about Resistance
  68. Hintrager's Resettlement Plans
  69. Economic Changes in South West Africa, 1907—15
  70. Epilogue, 1979
  71. List of Abbreviations
  72. Bibliography
  73. Index