German Colonialism Revisited ─ African, Asian, and Oceanic Experiences

German Colonialism Revisited brings together military historians, art historians, literary scholars, cultural theorists, and linguists to address a range of issues surrounding colonized African, Asian, and Oceanic people’s creative reactions to and interactions with German colonialism. This scholarship sheds new light on local power dynamics; agency; and economic, cultural, and social networks that preceded and, as some now argue, ultimately structured German colonial rule. Going beyond issues of resistance, these essays present colonialism as a shared event from which both the colonized and the colonizers emerged changed. They contribute to current debates on transnational and intercultural processes and highlight the ways in which the legacy of the German colonial period is embedded in the global expansion of capitalism, technology, and the Western legal framework.

Nina Berman is Professor of Comparative Studies at The Ohio State University.

Klaus Muhlhahn is Professor of History and of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Indiana University, Bloomington.

Patrice Nganang is Associate Professor of Literary and Cultural Theory at Stony Brook University, New York.