Germany in Central America : competitive imperialism, 1821-1929 / / Thomas Schoonover
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| Autore: |
Schoonover Thomas David <1936->
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| Titolo: |
Germany in Central America : competitive imperialism, 1821-1929 / / Thomas Schoonover
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| Pubblicazione: | Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c1998 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (335 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 327.430728 |
| Soggetto topico: | International relations |
| Soggetto geografico: | Central America Foreign relations Germany |
| Germany Foreign relations Central America | |
| Central America Economic conditions | |
| Germany Economic conditions | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-302) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Germany in Central America |
| ISBN: | 0-8173-8489-8 |
| 0-585-21537-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910811078903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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