German colonial empire - Wikipedia
WEBThe German colonial empire (German: Deutsches Kolonialreich) constituted the overseas colonies, dependencies, and territories of the German Empire. Unified in 1871, the chancellor of this time period was Otto von Bismarck.
German colonial empire - New World Encyclopedia
WEBThe German colonial empire was an overseas area formed in the late nineteenth century as part of the Hohenzollern dynasty's German Empire. Short-lived colonial efforts by individual German states had occurred in preceding centuries, but Imperial Germany's colonial efforts began in 1883.
German Imperialism - History Guild
WEBThe German colonial empire constituted the overseas colonies, dependencies, and territories of the German Empire. Short-lived attempts of colonization by individual German states occurred in preceding centuries, but crucial colonial efforts only began in 1884 with the Scramble for Africa.
Introduction (Chapter 1) - German Colonialism
WEBGermany was a colonial late-comer. Only after unification in 1871, which replaced the thirty-eight sovereign German states with a unified nation-state under the leadership of Prussia and Chancellor Bismarck, did the acquisition of colonies emerge as a …
WEBGermany was a late-comer to the colonial world of the late nineteenth century, but this history of German colonialism makes clear the wide-reaching consequences of Germany’s short-lived colonial project.
The History of German Colonialism
WEBGerman Colonialism. The German colonial administration used violence, whether subtle or direct and spontaneous, in all the areas it subjugated, because after the acquisition of land, however it went on, the aim was to persuade the indigenous people living there to work.
German Colonial Empire - Encyclopedia.com
WEBThe principal German colonial possessions were its African holdings (German East Africa, Togoland, German Southwest Africa, and Cameroons) and its Far East territories (German New Guinea, Samoa, the Chinese leasehold of Kiaochow, and a …
Chapter 4 - The German colonial empire - Cambridge University …
WEBIn geographical terms, the German colonial empire was focused on Africa, where it acquired its first territories in 1884 and 1885. Germany’s expansion was an integral part of the larger ‘scramble for Africa’ that substituted the ‘informal imperialism’ of control through military influence and economic dominance by that of direct rule.
German Colonialism in a Global Age - De Gruyter
WEBFeb 20, 2015 · Leading scholars show not only how the colonies influenced metropolitan life and the character of German politics during the Bismarckian and Wilhelmine eras (1871–1918), but also how colonial mentalities and …
Chapter 11 - German colonialism and its global contexts
WEBGerman colonial history was embedded in global events and linkages in many ways. We can identify three different levels of global entanglement. Firstly, the imperialists’ expansionary plans often extended beyond the existing colonial territories; there was no shortage of visions of an enlarged empire.