Forged in Genocide: Migrant Workers Shaping Colonial Capitalism in Namibia, 1890-1925 by Lyon, William Blakemore

Forged in Genocide: Migrant Workers Shaping Colonial Capitalism in Namibia, 1890-1925

Forged in Genocide traces the early history of colonial capitalism in Namibia with a central focus on...
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Forged in Genocide: Migrant Workers Shaping Colonial Capitalism in Namibia, 1890-1925 by Lyon, William Blakemore

Forged in Genocide: Migrant Workers Shaping Colonial Capitalism in Namibia, 1890-1925

¥21,942

Forged in Genocide: Migrant Workers Shaping Colonial Capitalism in Namibia, 1890-1925

¥21,942
Author: William Blakemore Lyon
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

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.



Author: William Blakemore Lyon
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 07/22/2024
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.81d
ISBN: 9783111374659

About the Author

William Blakemore Lyon is currently a Postdoc in the Department of History at the University of Zurich. He received his PhD in African History from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (2022), his MPhil in Modern European History at the University of Cambridge (2015), and his BA in History from the University of California San Diego (2010).


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