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The Kaiser and the Colonies
- Monarchy in the Age of Empire
Engelsk Hardback
The Kaiser and the Colonies
- Monarchy in the Age of Empire
Engelsk Hardback

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Many have viewed Kaiser Wilhelm II as having personally ruled Germany, dominating its politics, and choreographing its ambitious leap to global power. But how accurate is this picture?As The Kaiser and the Colonies shows, Wilhelm II was a constitutional monarch like many other crowned heads of Europe. Rather than an expression of Wilhelm II''s personal rule, Germany''s global empire and its Weltpolitik had their origins in the political and economic changes undergone by the nation as German commerce and industry strained to globalise alongside other European nations.More central to Germany''s imperial processes than an emperor who reigned but did not rule were the numerous monarchs around the world with whom the German Empire came into contact. In Africa, Asia, and the Pacific, kings, sultans and other paramount leaders both resisted and accommodated Germany''s ambitions as they charted their own course through the era of European imperialism. The result was often violent suppression, but also complex diplomatic negotiation, attempts at manipulation, and even mutual cooperation.In vivid detail drawn from archival holdings, The Kaiser and the Colonies examines the surprisingly muted role played by Wilhelm II in the German Empire and contrasts it to the lively, varied, and innovative responses to German imperialism from monarchs around the world.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
408
ISBN-13:
9780192897039
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0192897039
Udg. Dato:
17 feb 2022
Længde:
30mm
Bredde:
242mm
Højde:
163mm
Forlag:
Oxford University Press
Oplagsdato:
17 feb 2022
Forfatter(e):
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