{"product_id":"violence-as-usual-marie-muschalek-9781501742859","title":"Violence as Usual: Policing and the Colonial State in German Southwest Africa","description":"\u003cp\u003eSlaps in the face, kicks, beatings, and other forms of run-of-the-mill violence were a quotidian part of life in German Southwest Africa at the beginning of the twentieth century. Unearthing this culture of normalized violence in a settler colony, \u003ci\u003e Violence as Usual \u003c\/i\u003euncovers the workings of a powerful state that was built in an improvised fashion by low-level state representatives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarie A. Muschalek's fascinating portrayal of the daily deeds of African and German men enrolled in the colonial police force called the \u003ci\u003eLandespolizei \u003c\/i\u003eis a historical anthropology of police practice and the normalization of imperial power. Replete with anecdotes of everyday experiences both of the policemen and of colonized people and settlers, \u003ci\u003e Violence as Usual\u003c\/i\u003e re-examines fundamental questions about the relationship between power and violence. Muschalek gives us a new perspective on violence beyond the solely destructive and the instrumental. She overcomes, too, the notion that modern states operate exclusively according to modes of rationalized functionality.\u003ci\u003e Violence as Usual \u003c\/i\u003eoffers an unusual assessment of the history of rule in settler colonialism and an alternative to dominant narratives of an ostensibly weak colonial state.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marie Muschalek\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 150174285X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501742859\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marie Muschalek","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43989931524351,"sku":"9781501742859","price":56.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_56f66cfe-3b3f-496a-bea5-4b494f9db47c.jpg?v=1683302142","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/violence-as-usual-marie-muschalek-9781501742859","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}