Learning Empire: Globalization and the German Quest for World Status, 1875-1919

ISBN-13: 9781108705158 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 668 str.

Connecticut) Grimmer-Solem Erik (Wesleyan University

Opis

Looks at German global entanglements to recast how we interpret German imperialism, the origins of the First World War, and the rise of Nazism.

Recenzje

'… a compelling, substantial work.' J. P. Short, H-German

Spis treści

Introduction; Part I. Absent-Minded Empire, 1875–1897: 1. Frontier empire: the United States; 2. Island empire: Japan; 3. World economy: China and Venezuela; Part II. Empire Imagined, 1897–1907: 4. World policy; 5. The High Seas Fleet and power politics; 6. National efficiency and the new mercantilism; 7. Formal and informal empire; 8. Empire in crisis; Part III. Empire Lost, 1908–1919: 9. Colonial dreams; 10. World policy contained; 11. From world policy to world war; 12. War aims, peace resolutions, and defeat; Epilogue.