{"product_id":"explorations-and-entanglements-germans-in-pacific-worlds-from-the-early-modern-period-to-world-war-i-9781789200287","title":"Explorations and Entanglements: Germans in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tTraditionally, 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 research into German missionary, commercial, scientific, and imperial activity against the backdrop of the Pacific’s overlapping cultural circuits and complex oceanic transits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Given the numerous and diverse case studies that the individual chapters examine, it is to the credit of the volume’s authors and editors that discrete themes are nonetheless clearly traceable throughout the work, the most interesting of these being the myriad and sometimes surprising ways in which Germany’s status as a relative ‘latecomer’ to nationhood and imperial expansion actually served not as a liability but rather as an advantage for German agents and interests.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• German History\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The book contains a wealth of detailed microstudies in defined social and spatial Pacific settings... The strength of the book lies in each and every author‘s meticulous analysis of sources along a strong actor-centered approach. This allows to show local and intercultural, but also global network entanglements which make a strong base for historical reasoning… this is an excellent, well-researched book which can be unreservedly recommended.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Connections\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This volume represents a bold intervention in Pacific and German historiographies, one that encourages us to rethink central concepts and assumptions. All of its contributions are interesting, well-substantiated, and conversant with transnational developments in both fields.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Rainer Buschmann\u003c\/strong\u003e, California State University Channel Islands\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Figures and Tables\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e German Histories and Pacific Histories\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e\u003cem\u003eUlrike Strasser,\u003c\/em\u003e Frank Biess, and \u003cem\u003eHartmut Berghoff\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART I: MISSIONARIES, EXPLORERS, AND KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e German Apothecaries and Botanists in Early Modern Indonesia, the Philippines and Japan\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eRaquel A. G. Reyes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. \u003c\/strong\u003eA Bohemian Mapmaker in Manila: Travels, Transfers, and Traces between the Pacific Ocean and Germans Lands\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eUlrike Strasser\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e German Naturalists in the Pacific Around 1800: Entanglement, Autonomy, and a Transnational Culture of Expertise\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAndreas W. Daum\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Georg Wilhelm Steller and Carl Heinrich Merck: German Scientists in Russian Service as Explorers in the North Pacific in the Eighteenth Century\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKristina Küntzel-Witt\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Johann Reinhold Forster and the Ship \u003cem\u003eResolution\u003c\/em\u003e as a Space of Knowledge Production\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAnne Mariss\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Engineering Empire: German Influence on Chinese Industrialization, 1880–1925\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eShellen Wu\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART II: EXPANSION, ENTANGLEMENTS, AND COLONIALISM IN THE LONG NINETEENTH CENTURY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e Expanding the Frontier(s): The Spreckels Family and the German-American Penetration of the Pacific, 1870–1920\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eUwe Spiekermann\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e Work and Non-Work in the “Paradise of the South Sea”: Samoa, cA. 1890–1914\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJürgen Schmidt\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e German Women in the South Sea Colonies, 1884–1919\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eLivia Maria Rigotti\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e Sacrifice, Heroism, Professionalization and Empowerment: Colonial New Guinea in the Lives of German Religious Women, 1899–1919\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKatharina Stornig\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/strong\u003e Rape, Indenture, and the Colonial Courts in German New Guinea\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eEmma Thomas\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Trans-Pacific \"Ghadar\" Movement: The Role of the Pacific in the Indo-German Plot to Overthrow the British Empire during World War I\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDouglas T. McGetchin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 13.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Vava’u Germans: History and Identity Construction of a Transcultural Community with Tongan and Pomeranian Roots\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eReinhard Wendt\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eEpilogue:\u003c\/strong\u003e German Histories and Pacific Histories: New Directions\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMatt Matsuda\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042547728727,"sku":"9781789200287","price":96.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781789200287.jpg?v=1750954589","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/explorations-and-entanglements-germans-in-pacific-worlds-from-the-early-modern-period-to-world-war-i-9781789200287","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}