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100 Years of Silence: The Germans in Namibia
directed by Halfdan Muurholm and Casper Erichsen; produced by Halfdan Muurholm (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2007), 1 hour 8 mins
One hundred years ago, the Herero people of Namibia were nearly exterminated by German colonial soldiers in what has become known as the first genocide of the 20th century. Herero men, women and children were rounded up like cattle and put into Germany's first ever concentration camps. Four years later, three-quar...
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directed by Halfdan Muurholm and Casper Erichsen; produced by Halfdan Muurholm (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2007), 1 hour 8 mins
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One hundred years ago, the Herero people of Namibia were nearly exterminated by German colonial soldiers in what has become known as the first genocide of the 20th century. Herero men, women and children were rounded up like cattle and put into Germany's first ever concentration camps. Four years later, three-quarters of the entire Herero nation had perished at the hands of German colonialists. The Nazis used the experiences from the German conce...
One hundred years ago, the Herero people of Namibia were nearly exterminated by German colonial soldiers in what has become known as the first genocide of the 20th century. Herero men, women and children were rounded up like cattle and put into Germany's first ever concentration camps. Four years later, three-quarters of the entire Herero nation had perished at the hands of German colonialists. The Nazis used the experiences from the German concentration camps in Namibia as well as their experiments in "racial science" when they formulated the Final Solution during World War II a few decades later. Today the Hereros claim billions of euros from the German government in repatriation for the genocide. The experience of one family is described by a descendant, a 23-year-old Herero woman named Georgina. She has a fair complexion and a green tinge to her eyes. Georgina is aware of the fact that her great-grandmother was raped by a German soldier and now wants to confront the demons of her own genetic past. High School College Adult
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Halfdan Muurholm
Author / Creator
Halfdan Muurholm, Casper Erichsen
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Herero and Namaqua Genocide (Namibia) (1904-1907), History curriculums, Ethnic cleansing, Internment camps, Genocide, Imperialism, Herero and Namaqua Genocide, Namibia, 1904-1907, History, Documentation of Crimes, Humanities, Germans, Herero
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Copyright © 2007. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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Sons of the Soil and Conquerors Who Came on Foot: The Historical Evolution of a West African Border Region
written by Olivier Walther, fl. 2012, in African Studies Quarterly (Gainesville, FL: University of Florida, 2012),
Source: asq.africa.ufl.edu
Source: asq.africa.ufl.edu
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written by Olivier Walther, fl. 2012, in African Studies Quarterly (Gainesville, FL: University of Florida, 2012),
Source: asq.africa.ufl.edu
Source: asq.africa.ufl.edu
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Author / Creator
Olivier Walther, fl. 2012
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
University of Florida
Series
African Studies Quarterly
Topic / Theme
Benin and Nigeria Border, Colonial populations, History, Africans, 21st Century in World History (2001– ), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000), Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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China: Triumph and Turmoil, Episode 1, Emperors
directed by Adrian Pennink; presented by Niall Ferguson, 1964-; produced by Melanie Fall, fl. 1999 and Susannah Price, fl. 2013, Chimerica Media, in China: Triumph and Turmoil, Episode 1 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2012), 48 mins
The transformation of China into a global superpower raises some of the most challenging questions of our time – and this revealing series seeks out the answers. Will this turn out to be China’s century or will the Red Dragon crash and burn? Niall Ferguson travels through this vast country to find out how a fi...
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directed by Adrian Pennink; presented by Niall Ferguson, 1964-; produced by Melanie Fall, fl. 1999 and Susannah Price, fl. 2013, Chimerica Media, in China: Triumph and Turmoil, Episode 1 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2012), 48 mins
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The transformation of China into a global superpower raises some of the most challenging questions of our time – and this revealing series seeks out the answers. Will this turn out to be China’s century or will the Red Dragon crash and burn? Niall Ferguson travels through this vast country to find out how a fifth of humanity can live under a Communist system of government with a capitalist economy when, according to all the laws of history, i...
The transformation of China into a global superpower raises some of the most challenging questions of our time – and this revealing series seeks out the answers. Will this turn out to be China’s century or will the Red Dragon crash and burn? Niall Ferguson travels through this vast country to find out how a fifth of humanity can live under a Communist system of government with a capitalist economy when, according to all the laws of history, it should fall apart. Held together for more than 2000 years, firstly by imperial rule and now by an imperious Communist Party, what does China stand for? Ferguson talks to the people who know – including its new billionaires, survivors of Chairman Mao’s regime, ardent young nationalists and those defending China’s rural poor.
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World History
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Documentary
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Niall Ferguson, 1964-, Su Kai, fl. 2012, Melanie Fall, fl. 1999, Susannah Price, fl. 2013, Chimerica Media
Author / Creator
Adrian Pennink, Niall Ferguson, 1964-
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
China: Triumph and Turmoil
Person Discussed
Confucius, 551 BC-479 BC, Qin shi huang, Emperor of China, 260 BC-210 BC
Topic / Theme
China's Economic Rise, Bureaucracy, Corruption, Communism, Government, History, Politics & Policy, Big Emerging Markets, Industrial Transformation, Innovation, and Competition, Chinese, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Copyright © 2012 BBC Worldwide
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Communication from the secretary of the Treasury: transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of March 8, 1851, the report o...
written by Israel Andrews, in Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature, of University of London. Senate House Library (London, England) (08 March 1851) (District of Columbia, 1853, originally published 1853), 201 page(s)
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written by Israel Andrews, in Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature, of University of London. Senate House Library (London, England) (08 March 1851) (District of Columbia, 1853, originally published 1853), 201 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
08 March 1851, 1851
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Author / Creator
Israel Andrews
Date Published / Released
1853
Topic / Theme
Canada and the United States Border, Fisheries, Natural resources, Cotton, Trade and commerce, Colonization, History, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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Material sourced from Senate House Library, University of London. Copyright © The University of London.
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Declaration of meeting of conveners of the Barisan Sosialis. (b2777759)
written by Barisan Sosialis Singapore, in Institute of Commonwealth Studies Collection, of University of London. Senate House Library (London, England) , 2 page(s)
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written by Barisan Sosialis Singapore, in Institute of Commonwealth Studies Collection, of University of London. Senate House Library (London, England) , 2 page(s)
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Author / Creator
Barisan Sosialis Singapore
Topic / Theme
Border Events and Areas Context, Constitution, Political parties, Politics & Policy, Singaporeans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Material sourced from the Collection of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, Senate House Library, University of London. Copyright © The University of London.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
General reference website
Date Published / Released
1975
Publisher
UN Peacemaker
Topic / Theme
Morocco and Spain Border, Diplomacy, History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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De-politicizing border space
written by Elaine Peña, fl. 2006 (New York, NY: Hemispheric Institute of Performance Politics, 2007),
Source: hemisphericinstitute.org
Source: hemisphericinstitute.org
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written by Elaine Peña, fl. 2006 (New York, NY: Hemispheric Institute of Performance Politics, 2007),
Source: hemisphericinstitute.org
Source: hemisphericinstitute.org
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
General reference website
Author / Creator
Elaine Peña, fl. 2006
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Hemispheric Institute of Performance Politics
Person Discussed
George Washington, 1732-1799
Topic / Theme
Mexico and the United States Border, Imperialism, Political boundaries, Cultural identity, Cultural assimilation, Sociology, Politics & Policy, History, Americans, Mexicans, 21st Century in World History (2001– ), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000), Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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Frontiers, Gold and the Gun
produced by Jenny Barraclough, in Frontiers (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1990, originally published 1990), 50 mins
Distinguished presenters visit some famous dividing lines between nations. Sometimes against a backdrop of breathtaking beauty, sometimes of bleak barbed wire, each film shows what a frontier does to the people who live in its shadow. Among those explored are former East/West Germany, South Africa/Mozambique, and...
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produced by Jenny Barraclough, in Frontiers (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1990, originally published 1990), 50 mins
Description
Distinguished presenters visit some famous dividing lines between nations. Sometimes against a backdrop of breathtaking beauty, sometimes of bleak barbed wire, each film shows what a frontier does to the people who live in its shadow. Among those explored are former East/West Germany, South Africa/Mozambique, and Thailand/Cambodia.
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Jenny Barraclough, Nadine Gordimer, 1923-2014
Date Published / Released
1990
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Frontiers
Speaker / Narrator
Nadine Gordimer, 1923-2014
Person Discussed
Samora Moises Machel, 1933-1986, Pierter Willem Botha, 1916-2006
Topic / Theme
Mozambique and its Borders, International relations, Migrant life, Political boundaries, Poverty, Refugees, War crimes, Terrorism, Nkomati Accord Signed, March 16, 1984, Imperialism and Colonialism, War and Violence, Sociology, Politics & Policy, Law, World History, Mozambicans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 1990 BBC Worldwide
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Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East, The Ideal Refugees
written by Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, fl. 2014, in Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2014, originally published 2014), 360 page(s)
Refugee camps are typically perceived as militarized and patriarchal spaces, and yet the Sahrawi refugee camps and their inhabitants have consistently been represented as ideal in nature: uniquely secular and democratic spaces, and characterized by gender equality. Drawing on extensive research with and about Sahr...
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written by Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, fl. 2014, in Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2014, originally published 2014), 360 page(s)
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Refugee camps are typically perceived as militarized and patriarchal spaces, and yet the Sahrawi refugee camps and their inhabitants have consistently been represented as ideal in nature: uniquely secular and democratic spaces, and characterized by gender equality. Drawing on extensive research with and about Sahrawi refugees in Algeria, Cuba, Spain, South Africa, and Syria, Fiddian-Qasmiyeh explores how, why, and to what effect such idealized de...
Refugee camps are typically perceived as militarized and patriarchal spaces, and yet the Sahrawi refugee camps and their inhabitants have consistently been represented as ideal in nature: uniquely secular and democratic spaces, and characterized by gender equality. Drawing on extensive research with and about Sahrawi refugees in Algeria, Cuba, Spain, South Africa, and Syria, Fiddian-Qasmiyeh explores how, why, and to what effect such idealized depictions have been projected onto the international arena.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, fl. 2014
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Series
Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East
Topic / Theme
Border Events and Areas Context, Women, Gender, Refugee camps, Politics & Policy, Sociology, Sahrawi
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Copyright © 2014 Syracuse University
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Hong Kong: The Countdown, Part 1
directed by Patrick Vincent, fl. 1997; produced by Daniel Renouf, fl. 1992 and Peter Hercombe, fl. 1985, Prime Entertainment Group, in Hong Kong: The Countdown (Paris, Ile-de-France: Prime Entertainment Group, 1997), 55 mins
SynopsisEnglish synopsisA documentary covering the final year of the countdown period to the Hong-Kong hand-over. These films watch events unfold through the eyes of local people. They represent the different communities and the different social strata of Hong Kong – from street people to tycoons, from expatriat...
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directed by Patrick Vincent, fl. 1997; produced by Daniel Renouf, fl. 1992 and Peter Hercombe, fl. 1985, Prime Entertainment Group, in Hong Kong: The Countdown (Paris, Ile-de-France: Prime Entertainment Group, 1997), 55 mins
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SynopsisEnglish synopsisA documentary covering the final year of the countdown period to the Hong-Kong hand-over. These films watch events unfold through the eyes of local people. They represent the different communities and the different social strata of Hong Kong – from street people to tycoons, from expatriates to the new Chinese administrators. In so doing we make this a personalised story instead of a political one. By getting to know thes...
SynopsisEnglish synopsisA documentary covering the final year of the countdown period to the Hong-Kong hand-over. These films watch events unfold through the eyes of local people. They represent the different communities and the different social strata of Hong Kong – from street people to tycoons, from expatriates to the new Chinese administrators. In so doing we make this a personalised story instead of a political one. By getting to know these we understand the impact of the transition on a human scale.French synopsisCe documentaire couvre la dernière année de la colonie britannique avant sa rétrocession à la Chine. Ces films proposent le regard que porte la population locale sur les événements. Ils représentent les différentes communautés et les différentes couches sociales de Hong Kong, des gens de la rue aux milliardaires, des expatriés aux nouveaux administrateurs chinois. Une façon de suivre une histoire personnalisée au lieu d'une histoire politique. En cherchant à connaître ces gens, nous comprenons l'impact de cette transition à l'échelle humaine.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Daniel Renouf, fl. 1992, Peter Hercombe, fl. 1985, Prime Entertainment Group
Author / Creator
Patrick Vincent, fl. 1997
Date Published / Released
1997
Publisher
Prime Entertainment Group
Series
Hong Kong: The Countdown
Person Discussed
Margaret Thatcher, 1925-2013
Topic / Theme
Revolution and Protest context, Decolonization, International laws, Hong Kong Transfer of Sovereignty to China, July 1, 1997, Imperialism and Colonialism, Diplomacy, Politics & Policy, History, English, Chinese, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 1997 Prime Entertainment Group
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