Empire in the Heimat : colonialism and public culture in the Third Reich / Willeke Sandler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sandler, Willeke, 1982- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Germans--Foreign countries.

History.

Colonies.

Germany--Colonies--History--20th century.

Germany.

Germans--Foreign countries--History--20th century.

Germans.

Germany--History--1933-1945.

Physical Description:

xii, 343 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]

Summary:

"Despite losing their overseas empire in 1919, German colonialists in the Third Reich adamantly and publicly promoted this empire. They faced a mix of occasional support, ambivalence, or outright opposition from Nazi officials. Empire in the Heimat demonstrates the continued place of overseas colonialism in shaping German national identity"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The stakes of overseas colonialism in the Weimar Rpublic

Gleichschaltung and the beginnings of a mass movement, 1933-1935

Locating Germanness, locating the colonial : competing organizations and visions of empire

Caring for Africans here and there : race, place, and the myth of the good German colonizer

The second Gleichschaltung in 1936

The paradox of success, 1936-1939

Seeing the colonies colonialist visual culture, 1936-1943

Africa or the east? Colonialists during the Second World War, 1939-1943.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780190697907

0190697903

OCLC:

1028525324