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| Title: | The Herero genocide of 1904: source-critical and methodological considerations |
| Author: | Eckl, Andreas |
| Year: | 2008 |
| Periodical: | Journal of Namibian Studies |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Pages: | 31-61 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic terms: | Namibia Germany |
| Subjects: | Herero revolt Herero historiography colonialism genocide |
| Abstract: | The Herero-German War of 1904 has been downplayed as a 'normal colonial war' by some, and emphasized as a genocide by others. While the first position is untenable, the second is reconsidered in this article through a re-evaluation of the sources and their treatment by academic historians over the last forty years. It is argued that a more rigorous, reflected and nuanced source critique would complement the current historiography of the topic, which suffers from a questionable selection, evaluation and interpretation of textual sources. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] |