Date: 2016
Type: Article
Building imperial frontiers : business, science and karakul sheep farming in (German) South-West Africa (1903-1939)
Journal of modern European history, 2016, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 54-77
DECLERCQ, Robrecht, Building imperial frontiers : business, science and karakul sheep farming in (German) South-West Africa (1903-1939), Journal of modern European history, 2016, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 54-77
- https://hdl.handle.net/1814/61535
Retrieved from Cadmus, EUI Research Repository
This article examines the development of Karakul farming at the colonial frontier of South-West Africa. It covers both the development of Karakul farming as a project for improving the economic conditions of the colonies, and its consolidation after the First World War. The paper is divided into two main parts. The first part focuses in particular on the network between agricultural scientists, who advocated genetic science, and German fur entrepreneurs, who searched for new suppliers of resources. This network ultimately led to the creation of Karakul farming in German South-West Africa. The article demonstrates that German business and scientists were much more active in colonial projects and German empire-building than existing business histories have shown. Secondly, after the loss of empire, the German fur business and colonial office continued to invest in Namibian Karakul farming, stimulating its recovery and boom in the 19305. However, the article also argues that the consolidation phase went along with the decline of the (commercial) model of Karakul farming introduced before the war.
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/61535
Full-text via DOI: 10.17104/1611-8944-2016-1-54
ISSN: 1611-8944
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Files associated with this item
Files | Size | Format | View |
---|---|---|---|
There are no files associated with this item. |