Blood and Diamonds : Germany's Imperial Ambitions in Africa

The history of mass-market diamonds goes back to German imperialism in Southwest Africa. Corporate power and state violence combined in the genocide of the Herero and Nama peoples, whose mineral-rich land supplied budding consumer demand in the United States. Steven Press makes clear that mass luxur...

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Auteur principal:	Press, Steven (Auteur)
Format:	Ebook
Langue:	English
Publié:	Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2021
Sujets:	Conflict diamonds Herero (African people) Nama (African people) Diamond industry and trade Conflict diamonds-History Herero (African people)-History Nama (African people)-History Diamond industry and trade-Africa, Southern-History Diamond industry and trade-Germany-History Diamond industry and trade-United States-History plus... Germany-Colonies-Africa Germany-Politics and government Electronic books
Description matérielle:	1 online resource (353 pages)