Esta serie profundiza en las intrincadas relaciones entre Europa y Asia, centrándose en las comunidades de habla alemana y sus interacciones con el Pacífico. Explora intercambios culturales, contextos históricos y los impactos de la globalización. Ofreciendo profundas perspectivas sobre la formación de la identidad y las relaciones internacionales dentro de una región dinámica. Esta colección ofrece una lectura fascinante para aquellos interesados en la historia y los asuntos globales.
German colonisation in Samoa from 1900 to 1914 was characterised by the interplay of conflicting definitions of race. The central question this study asks is to what extent, and in which ways, ideologies of race shaped German colonial policy in Samoa. It analyses the administration's paternalist development policies, debates over white settlement, the introduction and treatment of indentured labourers, and the legal classification of mixed marriages and half-castes. The author argues that rather than uniting the <I>colonising community in a racist mission of domination, racial thought amplified the fissures in German Samoa's population and supported the administration's Realpolitik.
Over the past decade more than 200 Swiss have settled in New Zealand each year, with the number of registered Swiss New Zealanders now totalling some 6000. Yet, to date, very little research has been done on Swiss migration to New Zealand. One-Way Ticket to New Zealand presents the available material on early contacts between Switzerland and New Zealand. These include John Webber, Captain Cook’s artist, who was almost certainly the first Swiss to set foot in New Zealand, in the year 1777, as well as early settlers like Felix Hunger, who established himself as a blacksmith in Taranaki and then returned to the Swiss canton of Graubünden to fetch further settlers. The study focuses particularly on immigration after the Second World War, and tells the stories of individual Swiss who have settled in New Zealand during this period. They include a deer farmer, a successful novelist, a travel agent, a restaurant owner, a homesick Ticinese and a professional drummer. Based on detailed interviews with Swiss living in New Zealand, it examines their reasons for leaving Switzerland and for choosing New Zealand, and explores the extent to which they have integrated into New Zealand society. It also presents and analyses data on immigration after the Second World War, taken from both census and Swiss Embassy sources.
Felix von Luckner, a German prisoner of war in New Zealand in 1917, became a folk hero due to his chivalrous treatment of captured crews and his daring escape. His return in 1938 sparked admiration amidst ongoing controversies. New archival documents from Germany and New Zealand shed light on his complex legacy.
