Jürgen Zimmerer is Professor of History at the University of Hamburg and was Founding President of the International Network of Genocide Scholars (INOGS).

• List of IllustrationsPreface to the English EditionAbbreviationsIntroductionChapter 1. The Establishment of the Schutzgebiet and ‘Native Policy’ up until 1907Chapter 2. The Codification of ‘Native Policy’ after 1905Chapter 3. Demographics, Economics and Institutions: Basic Factors after the WarChapter 4. Securing Colonial RuleChapter 5. The Labour Market: Recruitment and Working ConditionsChapter 6. Social Discipline, Educational Policy and the Taxation of the AfricansConclusionAppendix: Diagrams and TablesGlossaryBibliographyIndex

Praise for the German Edition:“[Zimmerer] traces the history and origins of racial, labor, and population regulations throughout the entire history of the German occupation, showing that they were not peripheral but absolutely central to the entire enterprise … The most detailed view to date of the operations and mind of the German colonial administration.” • The American Historical Review“Zimmerer’s book will be the point of reference for all historical work dealing with Namibian history in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.” • Journal of African History“Very impressive … Zimmerer clearly delineates the objectives, policies, successes, and failures of German efforts to control and exploit the native population.” • German Studies Review

Jürgen Zimmerer is Professor of History at the University of Hamburg and was Founding President of the International Network of Genocide Scholars (INOGS).

• List of IllustrationsPreface to the English EditionAbbreviationsIntroductionChapter 1. The Establishment of the Schutzgebiet and ‘Native Policy’ up until 1907Chapter 2. The Codification of ‘Native Policy’ after 1905Chapter 3. Demographics, Economics and Institutions: Basic Factors after the WarChapter 4. Securing Colonial RuleChapter 5. The Labour Market: Recruitment and Working ConditionsChapter 6. Social Discipline, Educational Policy and the Taxation of the AfricansConclusionAppendix: Diagrams and TablesGlossaryBibliographyIndex

Praise for the German Edition:“[Zimmerer] traces the history and origins of racial, labor, and population regulations throughout the entire history of the German occupation, showing that they were not peripheral but absolutely central to the entire enterprise … The most detailed view to date of the operations and mind of the German colonial administration.” • The American Historical Review“Zimmerer’s book will be the point of reference for all historical work dealing with Namibian history in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.” • Journal of African History“Very impressive … Zimmerer clearly delineates the objectives, policies, successes, and failures of German efforts to control and exploit the native population.” • German Studies Review

Jürgen Zimmerer is Professor of History at the University of Hamburg and was Founding President of the International Network of Genocide Scholars (INOGS).

• List of IllustrationsPreface to the English EditionAbbreviationsIntroductionChapter 1. The Establishment of the Schutzgebiet and ‘Native Policy’ up until 1907Chapter 2. The Codification of ‘Native Policy’ after 1905Chapter 3. Demographics, Economics and Institutions: Basic Factors after the WarChapter 4. Securing Colonial RuleChapter 5. The Labour Market: Recruitment and Working ConditionsChapter 6. Social Discipline, Educational Policy and the Taxation of the AfricansConclusionAppendix: Diagrams and TablesGlossaryBibliographyIndex

Praise for the German Edition:“[Zimmerer] traces the history and origins of racial, labor, and population regulations throughout the entire history of the German occupation, showing that they were not peripheral but absolutely central to the entire enterprise … The most detailed view to date of the operations and mind of the German colonial administration.” • The American Historical Review“Zimmerer’s book will be the point of reference for all historical work dealing with Namibian history in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.” • Journal of African History“Very impressive … Zimmerer clearly delineates the objectives, policies, successes, and failures of German efforts to control and exploit the native population.” • German Studies Review