Liberal Imperialism in Germany
Expansionism and Nationalism, 1848-1884
1st Edition
Published on 1. September 2008
Book
Hardback
248 pages
978-1-84545-520-0 (ISBN)
Description
In a work based on new archival, press, and literary sources, the author revises the picture of German imperialism as being the brainchild of a Machiavellian Bismarck or the "conservative revolutionaries" of the twentieth century. Instead, Fitzpatrick argues for the liberal origins of German imperialism, by demonstrating the links between nationalism and expansionism in a study that surveys the half century of imperialist agitation and activity leading up to the official founding of Germany's colonial empire in 1884.
Reviews / Votes
" This is an important.[and] a very strong book. It successfully challenges older paradigms that separate German liberalism from imperialism or see the conjoining of the two as a late aberration." ? German History"The author's] elegant account...represents a timely and important contribution to the existing literature...[that] represents the most sustained attempt to reframe the argument." ? The American Historical Review
"...this is a stimulating work with a solid argument and place in the current historiography. In this, it draws attention to the importance of discourse on overseas expansion within many sectors of the German liberal-nationalist movement." ? Canadian Journal of History/Annales canadiennes d'histoire
"Fitzpatrick's short but hard-hitting book seeks to reinstate imperialism as a fundamental constituent of German liberalism. As such it is a welcome and worthy addition to Berghahn's invaluable 'Monographs in German History' series." ? Central European History
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Library binding
Illustrations
Bibliography; Index; 8 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
518 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84545-520-0 (9781845455200)
DOI
10.3167/9781845455200
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Person
Matthew P. Fitzpatrick lives in Adelaide, Australia and is a lecturer in international history at Flinders University. He has published on German liberalism, nationalism, comparative genocide and on German cultural history. He has been a DAAD visiting postgraduate researcher at the University of Muenster in Germany and has also taught at the University of New South Wales, the University of Paderborn and the University of Newcastle.
Content
List of Abbreviations
Preface
Introduction
PART I: A LIBERAL EMPIRE FOR A LIBERAL NATION
Chapter 1. National Unification and Overseas Expansion at the Frankfurt National Assembly, 1848 - 1849
Chapter 2. Mythopoesis -Imperialism as Nationalism
PART II: RECONFIGURING EMPIRE IN THE 'POST-LIBERAL' ERA
Chapter 3. Informal Empire and Private Sector Imperialism, 1849-1884
Chapter 4. Buergerlich Agency and the World of the Verein
Chapter 5. Bismarck and the Socio-Political Context of the Colonial Umschwung
PART III: THE TEXTS OF IMPERIALISM
Chapter 6. Expansionist Agitation after 1849
Chapter 7. Geography and Anthropology in the Service of Imperialism
Chapter 8. Popular Culture and the Transmission of Imperialist Values
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Preface
Introduction
PART I: A LIBERAL EMPIRE FOR A LIBERAL NATION
Chapter 1. National Unification and Overseas Expansion at the Frankfurt National Assembly, 1848 - 1849
Chapter 2. Mythopoesis -Imperialism as Nationalism
PART II: RECONFIGURING EMPIRE IN THE 'POST-LIBERAL' ERA
Chapter 3. Informal Empire and Private Sector Imperialism, 1849-1884
Chapter 4. Buergerlich Agency and the World of the Verein
Chapter 5. Bismarck and the Socio-Political Context of the Colonial Umschwung
PART III: THE TEXTS OF IMPERIALISM
Chapter 6. Expansionist Agitation after 1849
Chapter 7. Geography and Anthropology in the Service of Imperialism
Chapter 8. Popular Culture and the Transmission of Imperialist Values
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index