LEADER 03352nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910455052403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8173-8489-8 010 $a0-585-21537-5 035 $a(CKB)111004368625266 035 $a(EBL)547672 035 $a(OCoLC)650060154 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000162398 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11164614 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000162398 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10200979 035 $a(PQKB)10139003 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC547672 035 $a(OCoLC)44955641 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse9087 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL547672 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10408858 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004368625266 100 $a19970515d1998 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGermany in Central America$b[electronic resource] $ecompetitive imperialism, 1821-1929 /$fThomas Schoonover 210 $aTuscaloosa $cUniversity of Alabama Press$dc1998 215 $a1 online resource (335 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8173-5413-1 311 $a0-8173-0886-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [295]-302) and index. 327 $aContents; 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 327 $aCHAPTER 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 330 $a 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 economi 606 $aInternational relations 607 $aCentral America$xForeign relations$zGermany 607 $aGermany$xForeign relations$zCentral America 607 $aCentral America$xEconomic conditions 607 $aGermany$xEconomic conditions 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aInternational relations. 676 $a327.430728 700 $aSchoonover$b Thomas David$f1936-$01037095 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455052403321 996 $aGermany in Central America$92457828 997 $aUNINA