Germany in Central America : competitive imperialism, 1821-1929 / Thomas Schoonover.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schoonover, Thomas David, 1936-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

Central America--Foreign relations--Germany.

Central America.

Germany--Foreign relations--Central America.

Germany.

Central America--Economic conditions.

Germany--Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (335 p.)

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-302) and index.

ISBN:

9780817384890

0817384898

9780585215372

0585215375

OCLC:

650060154

Publisher Number:

heb40232 hdl