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Learning Empire: Globalization and the German Quest for World Status, 1875–1919 New Edition
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- ISBN-101108483828
- ISBN-13978-1108483827
- EditionNew
- PublisherCambridge University Press
- Publication dateNovember 14, 2019
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions6.25 x 1.5 x 9 inches
- Print length668 pages
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'Erik Grimmer-Solem's new book is a sustained tour de force of integrated intellectual and political history, whose impact will surely shift our perspectives on the complicated meanings of the ‘German question’ for the transnational instabilities of global politics in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.' Geoff Eley, University of Michigan
‘Deeply researched and clearly written, Learning Empire gives afresh account of the origins and development of Weltpolitik by placing it in the context of global economic competition-what Germans in 1900 called Weltwirtschaft-rather than inthe usual framework of national and domestic politics … this reviewer finds Learning Empire to be one of the most important books to appear in the German field in the last twenty years.’ Jennifer Jenkins, H-Diplo
‘… [T]he book provides a thorough exploration of how six figures’ economic thought shaped political and public debate over Germany’s role in the world. The book also makes clear the distinctive elements of German understandings of empire that built on foreign trade, investment abroad, and informal economic spheres of influence. By paying attention to economists alongside other well-researched figures like missionaries or politicians, Grimmer-Solem brings a richer texture to the scholarship on global economics and capitalism in Imperial Germany.’ Heidi Tworek, Business History Review
‘With his book Learning Empire, Erik Grimmer-Solem now provides another exciting perspective which finally puts the phenomenon of globalization in the second half of the nineteenth century into the wider context of the long-dominant view of Germany’s outrageous ‘grab’ for world power.’ Andreas Rose, German Historical Institute London Bulletin
‘… [Learning Empire] is a great success, in two senses. First, the book is a gold-mine of information about the experiences abroad of an influential network primarily of academic economists, but also of some key political figures who would come to play central roles in Weltpolitik. The collective picture that emerges here of a group of men influenced by their extensive international experiences is quite striking and persuasive. Second, Grimmer-Solem convincingly points to the 'smoking guns' that link those figures to the evolution of German imperial policy – in private letters, in political and academic appointments, in memoirs, in the details of publication histories of studies of the economics of various parts of the world, and so on.’ Edward Ross Dickinson, Journal of World History
‘This book is a remarkable achievement. It succeeds admirably in tracing the imperial imaginary of liberal nationalist political economists and making it and the lineaments of a new age of global politics and economics central to German policymaking, thereby providing a new narrative of the trajectory of German imperialism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.’ Dirk Bonker, German Studies Review
‘Learning Empire is a revisionist work that expands the study of German empire beyond its traditional focus on colonies in Africa and the South Pacific and into the arena of international trade.’ Jennifer Jenkins, H-Diplo
‘… one of the most important books to appear in the German field in the last twenty years. It revises and re-envisions many of the turning points that defined foreign and domestic policy …’ Jennifer L. Jenkins, H-Net Reviews
‘… a compelling, substantial work.' J. P. Short, H-German
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- Publisher : Cambridge University Press; New edition (November 14, 2019)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 668 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1108483828
- ISBN-13 : 978-1108483827
- Item Weight : 2.62 pounds
- Dimensions : 6.25 x 1.5 x 9 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #3,429,274 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #2,277 in International Relations (Books)
- #4,343 in European History (Books)
- #7,049 in European Politics Books
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