German Expansionism, Imperial Liberalism and the United States, 1776-1945

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-1-107-62261-6
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 292 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 478 g

This book traces the importance of the United States for German colonialism from the late eighteenth century to 1945, focusing on American westward expansion and racial politics. Jens-Uwe Guettel argues that from the late eighteenth century onward, ideas of colonial expansion played a very important role in liberal, enlightened and progressive circles in Germany, which, in turn, looked across the Atlantic to the liberal-democratic United States for inspiration and concrete examples. Yet following a pre-1914 peak of liberal political influence on the administration and governance of Germany's colonies, the expansionist ideas embraced by Germany's far-right after the country's defeat in the First World War had little or no connection with the German Empire's liberal imperialist tradition - for example, Nazi plans for the settlement of conquered Eastern European territories were not directly linked to pre-1914 transatlantic exchanges concerning race and expansionism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Guettel, Jens-Uwe

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Kolonialismus, Imperialismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. Soil, liberty, and blood: Germans and American westward expansion before 1871; 2. From theory to practice: German colonialism and American westward expansion before the Great War; 3. The American South and racial segregation in the German colonies; 4. America, race, and German expansionism from the Great War to 1945; Conclusion: 5. Imperial liberalism, Nazi expansionism, and the continuities of German history.

Über Autor(innen)

Guettel, Jens-Uwe
Jens-Uwe Guettel is Lecturer in the Department of History and Religious Studies at Pennsylvania State University.