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Autore |
Fitzpatrick Matthew P |
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Titolo |
Liberal imperialism in Germany [[electronic resource] ] : expansionism and nationalism, 1848-1884 / / Matthew P. Fitzpatrick |
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New York, : Berghahn Books, 2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-62693-0 |
9786612626937 |
0-85745-052-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (237 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Monographs in German history ; ; v. 23 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Imperialism - History - 19th century |
Liberalism - Germany - History - 19th century |
Germany History 1848-1870 |
Germany History 1871- |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [212]-233) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Title page-Liberal Imperialism in Germany; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 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 ImperialismChapter 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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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