Globalisation and the Nation in Imperial Germany

by Sebastian Conrad , Translated by Sorcha O'Hagan

• ISBN13: 9780521177306
• ISBN10: 0521177308
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-10-11
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

The process of globalisation in the late nineteenth century had a profound effect on the trajectories of German nationalism. While the existing literature on the subject has largely remained within the confines of national history, Sebastian Conrad uses the example of mobility and labour migration to show to what extent German nationalism was transformed under the auspices of global integration. Among the effects of cross border circulation were the emergence of diasporic nationalism, the racialization of the nation, the implementation of new border regimes, and the hegemony of ideological templates that connected nationalist discourse to global geopolitics. Ranging from the African colonies, China and Brazil to the Polish speaking territories in Eastern Europe, this ground-breaking book demonstrates that the dynamics of German nationalism were not only negotiated in the Kaiserreich but also need to be situated in the broader context of globalisation before the First World War.

Author Biography

Sebastian Conrad is Professor of Modern History at the Freie Universitt Berlin.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	p. vi
List of maps	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
German globalisation around 1900	p. 27
'Native policy' in colony and metropole: 'educating to work' in East Africa and eastern Westphalia	p. 77
Between the Poles: mobility and nation in Germany's 'real colony'	p. 144
The politics of segregation: Chinese workers, global networks and the 'colourless peril'	p. 203
'Here, the German is not degenerating': Brazil, emigration and the nation's fountain of youth	p. 275
'German work'	p. 334
Regimes of territorialisation and the globalisation of the national	p. 380
Bibliography	p. 403
Index	p. 487
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