Explorations and entanglements : Germans in Pacific Worlds from the early modern period to World War I / edited by Hartmut Berghoff, Frank Biess and Ulrike Strasser.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Berghoff, Hartmut, editor.

Biess, Frank, 1966- editor.

Strasser, Ulrike, 1964- editor.

German Historical Institute (Washington, D.C.)

Series:

Studies in German history ; Volume 22.

Studies in German history ; Volume 22

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Germans--Pacific Area--History.

Germans.

Pacific Area--Relations--Germany.

Pacific Area.

Germany--Relations--Pacific Area.

Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (334 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Berghahn, 2019.

Summary:

"Traditionally, Germany has been considered a minor player in Pacific history: its presence there was more limited than that of other European nations, and whereas its European rivals established themselves as imperial forces beginning in the early modern era, Germany did not seriously pursue colonialism until the nineteenth century. Yet thanks to recent advances in the field emphasizing transoceanic networks and cultural encounters, it is now possible to develop a more nuanced understanding of the history of Germans in the Pacific. The studies gathered here offer fascinating case studies of German missionary, commercial, scientific, and imperial activity against the backdrop of the Pacific's overlapping cultural circuits and complex oceanic transits"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Explorations and Entanglements

Copyright Page

Contents

Figures and Tables

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I. Missionaries, Explorers, and Knowledge Transfer

Chapter 1. German Apothecaries and Botanists in Early Modern Indonesia, the Philippines, and Japan

Chapter 2. A Bohemian Mapmaker in Manila

Chapter 3. German Naturalists in the Pacific around 1800

Chapter 4. Georg Wilhelm Steller and Carl Heinrich Merck

Chapter 5. Johann Reinhold Forster and the Ship Resolution as a Space of Knowledge Production

Chapter 6. Engineering Empire

Part II. Expansion, Entanglements, and Colonialism in the Long Nineteenth Century

Chapter 7. Expanding the Frontier(s)

Chapter 8. Work and Non-work in the "Paradise of the South Sea"

Chapter 9. German Women in the South Sea Colonies, 1884-1919

Chapter 10. Sacrifice, Heroism, Professionalization, and Empowerment

Chapter 11. Rape, Indenture, and the Colonial Courts in German New Guinea

Chapter 12. The Trans-Pacific "Ghadar" Movement

Chapter 13. The Vava'u Germans

Epilogue. German Histories and Pacific Histories

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781789200294

1789200296

OCLC:

1063828036