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Postcolonial Germany - Memories of Empire in a Decolonized Nation (Hardcover, New)
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Postcolonial Germany - Memories of Empire in a Decolonized Nation (Hardcover, New)
Series: Oxford Historical Monographs
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At the end of the First World War, Germany appeared to have lost
everything: the lives of millions of soldiers and civilians,
control over borderland territories, and, above all, a sense of
national self-worth in the international political arena. But it
also lost almost three million square kilometres of land overseas
in the form of colonies and concessions in Africa, China, and the
Pacific. Allied powers declared Germany unfit to rule over overseas
populations, and it was forcibly decolonized. It thus became the
first 'postcolonial' European nation that had participated in the
'new imperialism' of the modern era. The end of colonialism was the
beginning of a memory culture that has been remarkably long-lived
and dynamic. Postcolonial Germany traces the evolution of the
collective memory of German colonialism, stretching from the loss
of the colonies across the eras of National Socialism, national
division, and the Cold War to the present day. It shows to what
extent this memory was intimately bound to objects of material
culture in the former colonial metropole, such as tropical fruit
sold at colonial balls, state gifts handed to the former colonies
at independence, and ethnological items kept as family heirlooms.
The study draws on a wide range of sources, including popular
literature, oral history, and previously unexplored archival
holdings. It marks an important shift in historical methodology,
considering the significance of both material culture and private
memories in constructing accounts of the past. Above all, it raises
important questions about the public responsibilities of
postcolonial nations and governments in Europe and their
relationship to the private legacies of colonialism.
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