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German Expansionism, Imperial Liberalism and the United States, 1776-1945
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Jens-Uwe Guettel (Author)
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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.
About the Author
Jens-Uwe Guettel is Lecturer in the Department of History and Religious Studies at Pennsylvania State University.
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- Contributor: Jens-Uwe Guettel
- Imprint: Cambridge University Press
- ISBN13: 9781107622616
- Number of Pages: 292
- Packaged Dimensions: 152x228x17mm
- Packaged Weight: 440
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Release Date: 2015-10-08
- Binding: Paperback / softback
- Biography: Jens-Uwe Guettel is Lecturer in the Department of History and Religious Studies at Pennsylvania State University.
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