Arthur J. Knoll, the retired David E. Underdown Professor of History at The University of the South, taught African, Middle Eastern, and military history for thirty-seven years.
Hermann J. Hiery holds the Chair for Modern History at the University of Bayreuth in Germany. He is a specialist in the history of Germany's former Pacific colonies and the Chairman of the German Society for Overseas history.

Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Introduction
Chapter 3 1. Colonial Agitation and Pre-history
Chapter 4 2. Acquisition of Colonies
Chapter 5 3. Charter Companies
Chapter 6 4. Colonial Military and Police
Chapter 7 5. Governance
Chapter 8 6. Colonial Biographies
Chapter 9 7. Law
Chapter 10 8. Labor
Chapter 11 9. Economy
Chapter 12 10. Infrastructure
Chapter 13 11. Science
Chapter 14 12. Ecology
Chapter 15 13. Religion
Chapter 16 14. Education
Chapter 17 15. Settler Societies and Self-Rule
Chapter 18 18. Viewing the "Other"
Chapter 19 19. Indigenous Responses to Colonial Rule
Chapter 20 20. Judging the German Colonial Performance
Chapter 21 Abbreviations
Chapter 22 Sources for the Documents