| Germany's Empire in the East: Germans and Romania in an Era of Globalization and Total War Contributor(s): Hamlin, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 1107198194 ISBN-13: 9781107198197 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $128.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Germany - History | Eastern Europe - General - Political Science | International Relations - General |
| Dewey: 327.430 |
| LCCN: 2017007399 |
| Physical Information: 1.01" H x 6.51" W x 9.41" (1.44 lbs) 358 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Germany - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book puts German policy toward Romania and the German East into a global context. One of the signal events of the twentieth century was Germany's effort to construct an empire in Europe modeled on the European experience outside Europe. The turn to European empire resulted less from the dynamics of capitalist expansion than from a deep crisis in global political and economic order. Confronted with the global economic and political power of the western allies, the Germans turned to Eastern Europe to construct a dependent space, tied to Germany as Central America was to the US. The First World War transformed how Germans thought about international order, empire and the nature of Romanians. The domestic consequences of Germany's eviction from global markets authorized deep interventions in Romanian society to establish a pre-eminent position for the German state inside Romania. David Hamlin embeds occupation and war aims in economic concerns. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hamlin, David: - David Hamlin is an Associate Professor at the Department of History, Fordham University, New York and author of Work and Play: The Production and Consumption of Toys in Germany 1880-1914 (2006). |