03352nam 2200625Ia 450 991045505240332120200520144314.00-8173-8489-80-585-21537-5(CKB)111004368625266(EBL)547672(OCoLC)650060154(SSID)ssj0000162398(PQKBManifestationID)11164614(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000162398(PQKBWorkID)10200979(PQKB)10139003(MiAaPQ)EBC547672(OCoLC)44955641(MdBmJHUP)muse9087(Au-PeEL)EBL547672(CaPaEBR)ebr10408858(EXLCZ)9911100436862526619970515d1998 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGermany in Central America[electronic resource] competitive imperialism, 1821-1929 /Thomas SchoonoverTuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc19981 online resource (335 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8173-5413-1 0-8173-0886-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-302) and index.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, 1906-1914CHAPTER 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 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 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 economiInternational relationsCentral AmericaForeign relationsGermanyGermanyForeign relationsCentral AmericaCentral AmericaEconomic conditionsGermanyEconomic conditionsElectronic books.International relations.327.430728Schoonover Thomas David1936-1037095MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455052403321Germany in Central America2457828UNINA