Decolonization in Germany - Weimar Narratives of Colonial Loss and Foreign Occupation (Paperback)

When Germany lost its colonial empire after the Great War, many Germans were unsure how to understand this transition. They were the first Europeans to experience complete colonial loss, an event which came as Germany also wrestled with wartime collapse and foreign occupation. In this book the author considers how Germans experienced this change from imperial power to postcolonial nation. This work examines what the loss of the colonies meant to Germans, and it analyzes how colonialist categories took on new meanings in Germany's « post-colonial period. Poley explores a varied collection of materials that ranges from the stories of popular writer Hanns Heinz Ewers to the novels, essays, speeches, pamphlets, posters, and archival materials of nationalist groups in the occupied Rhineland to show how decolonization affected Germans. When the relationships between metropole and colony were suddenly severed, Germans were required to reassess many things: nation and empire, race and power, sexuality and gender, economics and culture.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2005
Authors:	Jared Poley • Peter D. G. Brown
Editors:	Peter D. G. Brown
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	281
ISBN-13:	978-0-8204-7210-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > General Books > History > General
LSN:	0-8204-7210-7
Barcode:	9780820472102

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