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GERMAN COLONIALISM

Germany was a late-comer 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 sub- stantial 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 globalization he highlights the close interactions and shared vocabularies of the colonial powers and emphasizes Germany’s major role in the period of high imperi- alism 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.

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, 2010) and The Quest for the Lost Nation: Writing History in Germany and Japan in the American Century (2010).

GERMAN COLONIALISM: ASHORTHISTORY

SEBASTIAN CONRAD TRANSLATED BY SORCHA O’HAGAN

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www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9781107400474 Originally published in German as Deutsche Kolonialgeschichte by Verlag C. H. Beck oHG, Munich 2008 © Verlag C. H. Beck oHG, Munich 2008 First published in English as German Colonialism: A Short History by Cambridge University Press, 2012 English edition © Cambridge University Press 2012 Reprinted 2012 Th is publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. A catalogue record for this publication is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication data Conrad, Sebastian. [Deutsche Kolonialgeschichte. English] German colonialism: a short history / Sebastian Conrad; translated by Sorcha O’Hagan. p. cm. “Originally published in German as Deutsche Kolonialgeschichte by Verlag C. H. Beck oHG, Munchen 2008” – T.p. verso. isbn 978-1-107-00814-4 – isbn 978-1-107-40047-4 (pbk.) 1. Germany – Colonies – History. 2. Germany – Foreign relations – 1871–1918. I. Title. jv2017.c6613 2011 325´.343–dc23 2011025088 isbn 978-1-107-00814-4 Hardback isbn 978-1-107-40047-4 Paperback Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this publication, and does not guarantee that any con