German expansionism, imperial liberalism, and the United States, 1776-1945

"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 imp...

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Príomhchruthaitheoir: Guettel, Jens-Uwe, 1974-
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Foilsithe / Cruthaithe: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
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Clár na nÁbhar:
  • Machine generated contents note: Introduction
  • 1. Soil, liberty, and blood : Germans and American westward expansion before 1871
  • 2. From theory to practice : German colonialism and American westward expansion before the Great War
  • 3. The American South and racial segregation in the German colonies
  • 4. America, race, and German expansionism from the Great War to 1945
  • Conclusion: Imperial liberalism, Nazi expansionism, and the continuities of German history.