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Author Zantop, Susanne, 1945-2001.

Title Colonial fantasies [electronic resource] : conquest, family, and nation in precolonial Germany, 1770-1870 / Susanne Zantop.

Imprint Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 1997.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description ix, 292 p.
Series Post-contemporary interventions
e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Post-contemporary interventions.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-285) and index.
Contents 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject 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.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780822382119
0822382113
0822319608 (alk. paper)
9780822319603 (alk. paper)
0822319683 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780822319689 (pbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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