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Germany was a latecomer to the colonial world of the late nineteenth century but this history of German colonialism makes clear the wide-reaching consequences of Germany's short-lived colonial project. Sebastian Conrad charts the expansion of the empire from its origins in the acquisition of substantial territories in present day Togo, Cameroon, Namibia and Tanzania to new settlements in East Asia and the Pacific and reveals the colonialist culture which permeated the German nation and its politics. Drawing on the wider history of European expansion and globalisation he highlights the close interactions and shared vocabularies of the colonial powers and emphasises Germany's major role in the period of high imperialism before 1914. Even beyond the official end of the empire in 1919 the quest for Lebensraum and the growth of the Nazi empire in Eastern Europe can be viewed within a framework of colonialism whose effects resonate to the present day.
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Sebastian Conrad is Professor of Modern History at the Free University of Berlin. His previous books include Globalisation and the Nation in Imperial Germany (Cambridge University Press, 2010) and The Quest for the Lost Nation: Writing History in Germany and Japan in the American Century (2010).
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2012/4/25
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German colonialism is a riveting topic, and one that has been explored by scholars and armchair historians before, during, and after colonialism occurred. Just a few prominent names in the field in the late 1990s -early 2000s are Russell Berman, Susanne Zantop, Sabine Hake, Sara Lennox, and Sara Friedrichsmeyer. All of these scholars have given us excellent social and cultural histories of the Reich's quest for colonies. The downside to their brilliant research is that by default, they all explore specific topics. The result was an all too apparent lack of a current, short general history of German colonialism. Conrad gives us just such a book. At some points, this is more of an introduction than a short history - at other points, it is very much a brief summary of the colonial experience.
I honestly don't know how Conrad put together such a compact but thorough book, but he did it. While the issue of gender and pre colonial travel literature is very, very sparse, this is, on the whole, and outstanding general history. Those students new to the topic would do well to make this the first thing they read. I myself was impressed that the book also covers the lesser known colonies of NewGuinea and asia as well.
The only reason I'm not giving 5 stars is that I really, really would have preferred an standard bibliography to the final chapter of "selected readings". The layout of the text in that section isn't great.
If you need a quick, straightforward intro to German colonialism, you won't do much better than this. As a standalone work, it can adequately inform a novice on the subject. For those new to colonialism who need to develop a basic foundation, this is invaluable.
I honestly don't know how Conrad put together such a compact but thorough book, but he did it. While the issue of gender and pre colonial travel literature is very, very sparse, this is, on the whole, and outstanding general history. Those students new to the topic would do well to make this the first thing they read. I myself was impressed that the book also covers the lesser known colonies of NewGuinea and asia as well.
The only reason I'm not giving 5 stars is that I really, really would have preferred an standard bibliography to the final chapter of "selected readings". The layout of the text in that section isn't great.
If you need a quick, straightforward intro to German colonialism, you won't do much better than this. As a standalone work, it can adequately inform a novice on the subject. For those new to colonialism who need to develop a basic foundation, this is invaluable.
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