Shells and Order: Questionnaires on Indigenous Law in German New Guinea
This article examines the short-lived colony of German New Guinea (1884–1914) to reflect on divergent frames of bureaucratic and academic knowledge production. Scholars of law at German universities from this period showed an avid interest in the legal customs of people presumed to be colonized, wh...
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| Language: | English |
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2020-12-01
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| Series: | Journal for the History of Knowledge |
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| Online Access: | https://journalhistoryknowledge.org/article/view/11169 |