German Colonialism in a Global Age

Published by Duke University Press 2015

German Colonialism in a Global Age

Edited by: Bradley Naranch and Geoff Eley

In the series Politics, History, and Culture

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822376392

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About this book

This collection provides a comprehensive treatment of the German colonial empire and its significance. Leading scholars show not only how the colonies influenced metropolitan life and the character of German politics during the Bismarckian and Wilhelmine eras (1871–1918), but also how colonial mentalities and practices shaped later histories during the Nazi era.

Author / Editor information

Bradley Naranch is Visiting Assistant Professor of History at the University of Montana.

Geoff Eley is the Karl Pohrt Distinguished University Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Michigan. He is the author of Nazism as Fascism: Violence, Ideology, and the Ground of Consent in Germany, 1930–1945, and A Crooked Line: From Cultural History to the History of Society.

Reviews

"German Colonialism in a Global Age is a solid contribution to the study of German imperialism. It expands the study of Germany’s colonialist past beyond earlier scholarship. However, its greatest contribution is to provide the wider community of scholars a window (or perhaps more accurately, a number of windows) into current research into the nature of German colonialism as part of the larger European colonial venture."

-- Theodore Nitz H-Diplo, H-Net Reviews

"This excellently edited collection summarizing the latest research on German colonialism will be extremely useful for faculty and students alike. . . . Highly recommended."

-- M. Deshmukh Choice

"The collection incorporates creative scholarship that offers insight into previously unexamined or underexamined dimensions and agents of German colonialism. . . . German Colonialism in a Global Age is a welcome addition to the growing literature on German imperialism."

-- Daniel J. Walther Central European History

"This edited volume does an admirable job of tackling the task set before it and by widening the definitions of what colonialism meant for those who imagined themselves as colonialists, invites us to reconsider imperial history and the global interactions that played a fundamental role in shaping it."

-- Mahon Murphy LSE Review of Books

"These essays succeed magnificently in documenting the new vitality of German colonial studies. Naranch and Eley are to be congratulated on a volume that will be the starting point for all future research on the subject."

-- Joachim Whaley Journal of European Studies

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction · German Colonialism Made Simple Bradley Naranch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
One · Empire by Land or Sea? Germany’s Imperial Imaginary, 1840–1945 Geoff Eley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
Two · Scientific Autonomy and Empire, 1880–1945 Four German Sociologists George Steinmetz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	46
Three · Science and Civilizing Missions Germans and the Transnational Community of Tropical Medicine Deborah J. Neill Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	74
Four · Ruling Africa Science as Sovereignty in the German Colonial Empire and Its Aftermath Andrew Zimmerman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
Five · Who Is Master in the Colony? Propriety, Honor, and Manliness in German East Africa Heike I. Schmidt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
Six · A New Imperial Vision? The Limits of German Colonialism in China Klaus Mühlhahn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
Seven · Experts, Migrants, Refugees Making the German Colony in Iran, 1900–1934 Jennifer Jenkins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
Eight · Classroom Colonialism Race, Pedagogy, and Patriotism in Imperial Germany Jeff Bowersox Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	170
Nine · Mass- Marketing the Empire Colonial Fantasies and Advertising Visions David Ciarlo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
Ten · Colonialism, War, and the German Working Class Popular Mobilization in the 1907 Reichstag Elections John Phillip Short Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	210
Eleven · Colonialism and the Anti- Semitic Movement in Imperial Germany Christian S. Davis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	228
Twelve · Internal Colonialism in Germany Culture Wars, Germanification of the Soil, and the Global Market Imaginary Sebastian Conrad Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	246
Thirteen · Pan- German Conceptions of Colonial Empire Dennis Sweeney Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265
Fourteen · Maritime Force and the Limits of Empire Warfare, Commerce, and Law in Germany and the United States before World War I Dirk Bönker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	283
Fifteen · The Rhineland Controversy and Weimar Postcolonialism Brett M. Van Hoesen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	302
Sixteen · Colonialism, Imperialism, National Socialism How Imperial Was the Third Reich? Birthe Kundrus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	330
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	347
List of Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	407
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	411

Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 432
Illustrations
- Other: 25 illustrations

eBook

Published: February 20, 2015
ISBN: 9780822376392