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The Resource 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

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

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"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"--
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eng
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vi, 324 pages
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"Published in association with the German Historical Institute, Washington, D.C."
Contents
  • Introduction: German histories and Pacific histories / Hartmut Berghoff, Frank Biess, and Ulrike Strasser
  • German apothecaries and botanists in early modern Indonesia, the Philippines and Japan / Raquel A. G. Reyes
  • A Bohemian mapmaker in Manila: travels, transfers, and traces between the Pacific Ocean and Germans lands / Ulrike Strasser
  • German naturalists in the Pacific around 1800: entanglement, autonomy, and a transnational culture of expertise / Andreas W. Daum
  • Georg Wilhelm Steller and Carl Heinrich Merck: German scientists in Russian service as explorers in the north Pacific in the eighteenth century / Kristina Kuntzel-Witt
  • Johann Reinhold Forster and the ship "resolution" as a space of knowledge
  • Engineering empire: German influence on Chinese industrialization, 1880-1925 / Shellen Wu
  • Expanding the frontier(s): the Spreckels family and the German-American penetration of the Pacific, 1870-1920 / Uwe Spiekermann
  • Work and non-work in the "Paradise of the South Seas": Samoa, c. 1890-1914 / Jurgen Schmidt
  • German women in the South Sea colonies, 1884-1919 / Livia Maria Rigotti
  • Sacrifice, heroism, professionalization and empowerment: colonial New Guinea in the lives of German religious women, 1899-1919 / Katharina Stornig
  • Rape, indenture, and the colonial courts in German New Guinea / Emma Thomas
  • The trans-Pacific Ghadar (revolt) movement: the role of the pacific in the Indo-German plot to overthrow the British Empire during the first World War / Douglas T. McGetchin
  • The Vava'u Germans: history and identity construction of a transcultural community with Tongan and Pomeranian roots / Reinhard Wendt
  • Epilogue: German histories and Pacific histories: new directions / Matt Matsuda
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9781789200287
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Explorations and entanglements : Germans in Pacific Worlds from the early modern period to World War I
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Explorations and entanglements
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Germans in Pacific Worlds from the early modern period to World War I
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edited by Hartmut Berghoff, Frank Biess, and Ulrike Strasser
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Language
eng
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"--
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  • 1966-
  • 1964-
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  • Berghoff, Hartmut
  • Biess, Frank
  • Strasser, Ulrike
  • German Historical Institute (Washington, D.C.)
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Studies in German history
Series volume
Volume 22
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  • Germans
  • Pacific Area
  • Germany
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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
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"Published in association with the German Historical Institute, Washington, D.C."
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Contents
Introduction: German histories and Pacific histories / Hartmut Berghoff, Frank Biess, and Ulrike Strasser -- German apothecaries and botanists in early modern Indonesia, the Philippines and Japan / Raquel A. G. Reyes -- A Bohemian mapmaker in Manila: travels, transfers, and traces between the Pacific Ocean and Germans lands / Ulrike Strasser -- German naturalists in the Pacific around 1800: entanglement, autonomy, and a transnational culture of expertise / Andreas W. Daum -- Georg Wilhelm Steller and Carl Heinrich Merck: German scientists in Russian service as explorers in the north Pacific in the eighteenth century / Kristina Kuntzel-Witt -- Johann Reinhold Forster and the ship "resolution" as a space of knowledge -- Engineering empire: German influence on Chinese industrialization, 1880-1925 / Shellen Wu -- Expanding the frontier(s): the Spreckels family and the German-American penetration of the Pacific, 1870-1920 / Uwe Spiekermann -- Work and non-work in the "Paradise of the South Seas": Samoa, c. 1890-1914 / Jurgen Schmidt -- German women in the South Sea colonies, 1884-1919 / Livia Maria Rigotti -- Sacrifice, heroism, professionalization and empowerment: colonial New Guinea in the lives of German religious women, 1899-1919 / Katharina Stornig -- Rape, indenture, and the colonial courts in German New Guinea / Emma Thomas -- The trans-Pacific Ghadar (revolt) movement: the role of the pacific in the Indo-German plot to overthrow the British Empire during the first World War / Douglas T. McGetchin -- The Vava'u Germans: history and identity construction of a transcultural community with Tongan and Pomeranian roots / Reinhard Wendt -- Epilogue: German histories and Pacific histories: new directions / Matt Matsuda
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on1056204452
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
vi, 324 pages
Isbn
9781789200287
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unmediated
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rdamedia
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(OCoLC)1056204452
Label
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
Publication
Copyright
Note
"Published in association with the German Historical Institute, Washington, D.C."
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction: German histories and Pacific histories / Hartmut Berghoff, Frank Biess, and Ulrike Strasser -- German apothecaries and botanists in early modern Indonesia, the Philippines and Japan / Raquel A. G. Reyes -- A Bohemian mapmaker in Manila: travels, transfers, and traces between the Pacific Ocean and Germans lands / Ulrike Strasser -- German naturalists in the Pacific around 1800: entanglement, autonomy, and a transnational culture of expertise / Andreas W. Daum -- Georg Wilhelm Steller and Carl Heinrich Merck: German scientists in Russian service as explorers in the north Pacific in the eighteenth century / Kristina Kuntzel-Witt -- Johann Reinhold Forster and the ship "resolution" as a space of knowledge -- Engineering empire: German influence on Chinese industrialization, 1880-1925 / Shellen Wu -- Expanding the frontier(s): the Spreckels family and the German-American penetration of the Pacific, 1870-1920 / Uwe Spiekermann -- Work and non-work in the "Paradise of the South Seas": Samoa, c. 1890-1914 / Jurgen Schmidt -- German women in the South Sea colonies, 1884-1919 / Livia Maria Rigotti -- Sacrifice, heroism, professionalization and empowerment: colonial New Guinea in the lives of German religious women, 1899-1919 / Katharina Stornig -- Rape, indenture, and the colonial courts in German New Guinea / Emma Thomas -- The trans-Pacific Ghadar (revolt) movement: the role of the pacific in the Indo-German plot to overthrow the British Empire during the first World War / Douglas T. McGetchin -- The Vava'u Germans: history and identity construction of a transcultural community with Tongan and Pomeranian roots / Reinhard Wendt -- Epilogue: German histories and Pacific histories: new directions / Matt Matsuda
Control code
on1056204452
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
vi, 324 pages
Isbn
9781789200287
Media category
unmediated
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rdamedia
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  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1056204452

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