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Far away at Home in Qingdao (1897–1914)
- German Studies Review
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 39, Number 1, February 2016
- pp. 65-79
- 10.1353/gsr.2016.0034
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In this essay, I outlay main developments within the administration of German Qingdao (1897–1914) and the resulting consequences for the Germans and Chinese living in this colony. Against this background, I examine how German colonial actors were able to identify Qingdao as a “second” Heimat. In particular, I investigate the possibility of a link between the early colonial policies introduced by the German administration and the construction of Heimat by German colonizers within everyday life.