'Sebastian Conrad's brief summary provides an excellent overview not only of the events and of the geographical and structural dimensions of Germany's colonial experience but also of its historiography.' Woodruff Smith, The Journal of Modern History
1. Introduction; 2. Colonialism before the colonial empire; 3. Pressure groups, motivations, attitudes; 4. The German colonial empire; 5. The colonial state; 6. Economy and work; 7. Colonial society; 8. Knowledge and colonialism; 9. The colonial metropole; 10. Colonialism in Europe; 11. German colonialism and its global contexts; 12. Memory; 13. Selected readings.
