Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Figures viii
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. Abbreviations x
6. Introduction 1
7. Part I: A Liberal Empire for a Liberal Nation
8. 1. National Unifi cation and Overseas Expansion at the Frankfurt National Assembly, 1848–1849 25
9. 2. Mythopoesis—Imperialism as Nationalism 50
10. Part II: Liberal Imperialism in the “Post-Liberal” Era
11. 3. Informal Empire and Private Sector Imperialism, 1849–1884 73
12. 4. Bürgerlich Agency and the World of the Verein, 1849–1884 101
13. 5. Bismarck and the Sociopolitical Context of the Colonial “Umschwung” 116
14. Part III: Th e Texts of Imperialism
15. 6. Expansionist Agitation after 1849 133
16. 7. Geography and Anthropology in the Service of Imperialism 160
17. 8. Popular Culture and the Transmission of Imperialist Values 177
18. Conclusion 205
19. Bibliography 212
20. Index 234