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Liberal imperialism in Germany : expansionism and nationalism, 1848-1884 /

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 Germa...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fitzpatrick, Matthew P. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2008.
Series:Monographs in German history ; v. 23.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction; Part I-A liberal empire for a liberal nation; Chapter 1-National Unification and Overseas Expansion at the Franfurt National Assembly, 1848-1849; Chapter 2-Mythopoesis-Imperialism as nationalism; Part II-Liberal Imperialism in the 'Post-liberal' era; Chapter 3-Informal empire and private sector imperialism, 1849-1884; Chapter 4-Burgerlich agency and the world of the Verrin 1849-1884; Chapter 5-Bismarck and the Sociopolitical 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; Related Title of Interest.