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Schoonover Thomas David <1936-> |
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Germany in Central America : competitive imperialism, 1821-1929 / / Thomas Schoonover |
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Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c1998 |
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0-8173-8489-8 |
0-585-21537-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (335 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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International relations |
Central America Foreign relations Germany |
Germany Foreign relations Central America |
Central America Economic conditions |
Germany Economic conditions |
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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. [295]-302) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1 Foundations of German Interest in Central America, 1820-1848; CHAPTER 2 Prussia and Commerce with the Pacific Basin, 1848-1851; CHAPTER 3 Franz Hugo Hesse's Mission to Central America, 1851-1858; CHAPTER 4 Bismarck and the Foundations of the German Empire, 1858-1871; CHAPTER 5 Defining Germany's Role in Central America, 1871-1885; CHAPTER 6 Aggressive Participation in the New World, 1885-1898; CHAPTER 7 Aggressive Penetration and National Honor, 1898-1906; CHAPTER 8 Apogee of German Power in Central America, 1906-1914 |
CHAPTER 9 U.S. Displacement of German Economic Power during World War ICHAPTER 10 Reestablishing Germany's Role, 1920-1925; CHAPTER 11 A Revived German Presence in Central America, 1924-1929; CONCLUSION AND EPILOGUE; APPENDIX: TABLES; NOTES; RESEARCH RESOURCES ON GERMANY IN CENTRAL AMERICA; PRIMARY MATERIALS AND PUBLISHED SOURCES; INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Using previously untapped resources including private collections, the records of cultural institutions, and federal and state government archives, Schoonover analyzes the German role in Central American |
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domestic and international relations. Of the four countries most active in independent Central America-Britain, the United States, France, and Germany- historians know the least about the full extent of the involvement of the Germans. German colonial expansion was based on its position as an industrialized state seeking economi |
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