03617nam 22008414a 450 991082528850332120230918165219.01-282-90441-897866129044170-8223-8211-310.1515/9780822382119(CKB)1000000000757616(EBL)1167584(OCoLC)841913139(SSID)ssj0000391779(PQKBManifestationID)12111366(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000391779(PQKBWorkID)10347756(PQKB)10365025(OCoLC)191222167(MiAaPQ)EBC1167584(OCoLC)1139366523(MdBmJHUP)muse78826191222167(DE-B1597)553894(DE-B1597)9780822382119(OCoLC)1125826919(EXLCZ)99100000000075761620080125d1997 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierColonial fantasies conquest, family, and nation in precolonial Germany, 1770-1870 /Susanne ZantopDurham, N.C. :Duke University Press,1997.1 online resource (ix, 292 pages)Post-contemporary interventionsDescription based upon print version of record.0-8223-1968-3 0-8223-1960-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-285) and index.Armchair Conquistadors; or, The Quest for "New Germany": Tiranos animales o alemanes: Germans and the "Conquest" A Conquest of the Intellect -- Colonizing Theory: Gender, Race, and the Search for a National Identity: Gendering the "Conquest" Racializing the Colony. Patagons and Germans -- Colonial Families; or, Displacing the Colonizers: Fathers and Sons: Donnerstag and Freitag, Campe and Krusoe. Husbands and Wives: Colonialism Domesticated. Betrothal and Divorce; or, Revolution in the House -- Virgin Islands, Teuton Conquerors: The German Columbus. The Second Discovery. Colonial Fantasies Revisited. Epilogue: Vitzliputzli's Revenge.Traces German desires to discover, conquer and dominate 'new worlds' -- real and imagined-- expressed in stories and literature during the century preceding any actual German colonization.Post-contemporary interventions.German literature19th centuryHistory and criticismNationalismGermanyHistoryGerman literature18th centuryHistory and criticismNational characteristics, German, in literatureImperialismHistory19th centuryMilitary history in literatureNationalism in literatureColonies in literatureFamily in literatureGermanyForeign relations1789-1900German literatureHistory and criticism.NationalismHistory.German literatureHistory and criticism.National characteristics, German, in literature.ImperialismHistoryMilitary history in literature.Nationalism in literature.Colonies in literature.Family in literature.830.9/358830.9358Zantop Susanne1945-2001.615335NcDNcDBOOK9910825288503321Colonial fantasies4073276UNINA