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Germany was a latecomer to the colonial world of the late
nineteenth century but this history of German colonialism makes
clear the wide-reaching consequences of Germany's short-lived
colonial project. Sebastian Conrad charts the expansion of the
empire from its origins in the acquisition of substantial
territories in present day Togo, Cameroon, Namibia and Tanzania to
new settlements in East Asia and the Pacific and reveals the
colonialist culture which permeated the German nation and its
politics. Drawing on the wider history of European expansion and
globalisation he highlights the close interactions and shared
vocabularies of the colonial powers and emphasises Germany's major
role in the period of high imperialism before 1914. Even beyond the
official end of the empire in 1919 the quest for Lebensraum and the
growth of the Nazi empire in Eastern Europe can be viewed within a
framework of colonialism whose effects resonate to the present day.
The process of globalisation in the late nineteenth century had a
profound effect on the trajectories of German nationalism. While
the existing literature on the subject has largely remained within
the confines of national history, Sebastian Conrad uses the example
of mobility and labour migration to show to what extent German
nationalism was transformed under the auspices of global
integration. Among the effects of cross border circulation were the
emergence of diasporic nationalism, the racialisation of the
nation, the implementation of new border regimes, and the hegemony
of ideological templates that connected nationalist discourse to
global geopolitics. Ranging from the African colonies, China and
Brazil to the Polish speaking territories in Eastern Europe, this
groundbreaking book demonstrates that the dynamics of German
nationalism were not only negotiated in the Kaiserreich but also
need to be situated in the broader context of globalisation before
the First World War.
The process of globalisation in the late nineteenth century had a
profound effect on the trajectories of German nationalism. While
the existing literature on the subject has largely remained within
the confines of national history, Sebastian Conrad uses the example
of mobility and labour migration to show to what extent German
nationalism was transformed under the auspices of global
integration. Among the effects of cross border circulation were the
emergence of diasporic nationalism, the racialisation of the
nation, the implementation of new border regimes, and the hegemony
of ideological templates that connected nationalist discourse to
global geopolitics. Ranging from the African colonies, China and
Brazil to the Polish speaking territories in Eastern Europe, this
groundbreaking book demonstrates that the dynamics of German
nationalism were not only negotiated in the Kaiserreich but also
need to be situated in the broader context of globalisation before
the First World War.
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