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Black shame : African soldiers in Europe, 1914-1922 / Dick van Galen Last, with Ralf Futselaar ; translated by Marjolijn de Jager.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Galen Last, D. van, author.
- Futselaar, Ralf, 1976- author.
- Standardized Title:
- Zwarte schande. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Race discrimination--Europe--20th century.
- Race discrimination.
- Soldiers--Africa--History--20th century.
- Soldiers.
- World War, 1914-1918--Participation, African American.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- World War, 1914-1918--Africa.
- World War, 1914-1918--Europe.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Black Shame offers a detailed analysis of the recruitment and deployment of and reactions to African soldiers in the WWI European theatre of war. In so doing, the book paints a vivid picture of the wider debates of race and national identity provoked by the use of African troops within the main actors on the WWI scene: France, Britain, Germany and even the US. Drawing on war-time attitudes, Dick van Galen Last explores the reality and long-term consequences of the participation of African regiments in the post-war occupation of the German territories. Wide-ranging, both geographically and thematically, the first publication of its kind, Black Shame adds a fresh, truly comparative perspective to the scholarship in the fields of imperial and military history, as well as war studies and postcolonial studies, and will appeal to academics and postgraduate students alike."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- 1. From Barbarian to Soldier
- 2. Recruiting, Deployment and Controversy 1914-1917
- 3. Mass Recruitment 1918
- 4. At and behind the Front
- 5. The Way Home
- 6. Black Atlantic
- 7. The 'Black Shame': Africans in the Rhineland
- 8. Germany: Humiliation and Outrage
- 9. The World Beyond Germany: Amazement and Outrage
- 10. Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Based on the author's thesis.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781350002036
- 1350002038
- 9781474251945
- 1474251943
- 9781472532138
- 1472532139
- OCLC:
- 900781161
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