Liberal Imperialism in Germany : : Expansionism and Nationalism, 1848-1884 / / Matthew P. Fitzpatrick.

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• VerfasserIn: Fitzpatrick, Matthew P.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2008]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Series: Monographs in German History ; 23
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (248 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I: A Liberal Empire for a Liberal Nation -- 1. National Unifi cation and Overseas Expansion at the Frankfurt National Assembly, 1848–1849 -- 2. Mythopoesis—Imperialism as Nationalism -- Part II: Liberal Imperialism in the “Post-Liberal” Era -- 3. Informal Empire and Private Sector Imperialism, 1849–1884 -- 4. Bürgerlich Agency and the World of the Verein, 1849–1884 -- 5. Bismarck and the Sociopolitical Context of the Colonial “Umschwung” -- Part III: Th e Texts of Imperialism -- 6. Expansionist Agitation after 1849 -- 7. Geography and Anthropology in the Service of Imperialism -- 8. Popular Culture and the Transmission of Imperialist Values -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index