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Steamship Nationalism - Ocean Liners and National Identity in Imperial Germany and the Atlantic World (Paperback)
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Steamship Nationalism - Ocean Liners and National Identity in Imperial Germany and the Atlantic World (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Studies in Modern European History
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Steamship Nationalism is a cultural, social, and political history
of the S.S. Imperator, Vaterland, and Bismarck. Transatlantic
passenger steamships launched by the Hamburg-Amerikanische
Packetfahrt-Aktien-Gesellschaft (HAPAG) between 1912 and 1914, they
do not enjoy the international fame of their British counterparts,
most notably the Titanic. Yet the Imperator-class liners were the
largest, most luxurious passenger vessels built before the First
World War. In keeping with the often-overlooked history of its
merchant marine as a whole, they reveal much about Imperial Germany
in its national and international dimensions. As products of
business decisions shaped by global dynamics and the imperatives of
international travel, immigration, and trade, HAPAG's giant liners
bear witness to Germany's involvement in the processes of
globalization prior to 1914. Yet this book focuses not on their
physical, but on their cultural construction in a variety of
contemporaneous media, including the press and advertising, on both
sides of the Atlantic. At home, they were presented to the public
as symbolic of the nation's achievements and ambitions in ways that
emphasize the complex nature of German national identity at the
time. Abroad, they were often construed as floating national
monuments and, as such, facilitated important encounters with
Germany, both virtual and real, for the populations of Britain and
America. Their overseas reception highlights the multi-faceted
image of the European superpower that was constructed in the
Anglo-American world in these years. More generally, it is a
pointed indicator of the complex relationship between Britain, the
United States, and Imperial Germany.
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