Colonial fantasies [electronic resource] : conquest, family, and nation in precolonial Germany, 1770-1870 / Susanne Zantop.
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TextSeries: e-Duke books scholarly collection | Post-contemporary interventionsPublication details: Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 1997.Description: ix, 292 pISBN: - 9780822382119
- German literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- Nationalism -- Germany -- History
- German literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism
- National characteristics, German, in literature
- Imperialism -- History -- 19th century
- Military history in literature
- Nationalism in literature
- Colonies in literature
- Families in literature
- Germany -- Foreign relations -- 1789-1900
- PT363.N27 Z36 1997
Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-285) and index.
Armchair Conquistadors; or, The Quest for "New Germany": Tiranos animales o alemanes: Germans and the "Conquest" A Conquest of the Intellect -- Colonizing Theory: Gender, Race, and the Search for a National Identity: Gendering the "Conquest" Racializing the Colony. Patagons and Germans -- Colonial Families; or, Displacing the Colonizers: Fathers and Sons: Donnerstag and Freitag, Campe and Krusoe. Husbands and Wives: Colonialism Domesticated. Betrothal and Divorce; or, Revolution in the House -- Virgin Islands, Teuton Conquerors: The German Columbus. The Second Discovery. Colonial Fantasies Revisited. Epilogue: Vitzliputzli's Revenge.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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