Learning empire : globalization and the German quest for world status, 1875-1919
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Learning empire : globalization and the German quest for world status, 1875-1919
Cambridge University Press, 2021, c2019
- : pbk
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 604-623) and index
"First published 2019, First paperback edition 2021"--T.p. verso
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The First World War marked the end point of a process of German globalization that began in the 1870s, well before Germany acquired a colonial empire or extensive overseas commercial interests. Structured around the figures of five influential economists who shaped the German political landscape, Learning Empire explores how their overseas experiences shaped public perceptions of the world and Germany's place in it. These men helped define a German liberal imperialism that came to influence the 'world policy' (Weltpolitik) of Kaiser Wilhelm, Chancellor Bulow, and Admiral Tirpitz. They devised naval propaganda, reshaped Reichstag politics, were involved in colonial and financial reforms, and helped define the debate over war aims in the First World War. Looking closely at German worldwide entanglements, Learning Empire recasts how we interpret German imperialism, the origins of the First World War, and the rise of Nazism, inviting reflection on the challenges of globalization in the current century.
Table of Contents
- 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.
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