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Auction #132 begins on 09 Jul 2026

Fischer (Dr. Eugen)

DIE REHOBOTHER BASTARDS

Published: Verlag von Gustav Fischer, Jena, 1913

Edition: First Edition

Reserve: $185

Approximately:

Estimate: $220

Bidding opens: 9 Jul 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 16 Jul 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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Antropologische und ethnographische Studien am Rhebother Bastardvolk in Deutsch-Sudwest-Afrika. Mit 19 Tafeln, 23 Stambaumen, 36 Abbildungen im Text und vielen Tabellen.

Original front paper cover with the brown tape at the spine added later. 327 pages. The rear orange cover also added later. Uncut pages edges. Pages bright and clear.

In 1908 Fischer conducted field research in German Southwest Africa. He studied the Basters, offspring of German or Boer men who had fathered children by the native women in that area. His study concluded with a call to prevent a ""mixed race"" by the prohibition of ""mixed marriage"" such as those he had studied. It included unethical medical practices on the Herero and Nama people. He argued that while the existing “Mischling” descendants of the mixed marriages might be useful for Germany, he recommended that they should not continue to reproduce. His recommendations were followed and by 1912 interracial marriage was prohibited throughout the German colonies.

  • Binding Condition: Good
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: 8vo (260 x 180 mm


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