Imperial Germany: colonialism and nationalism
• Colonialism in the 1880s • Imperialism, nationalsm and Weltpolitik • German South-West Africa and the war against the Herero and Nama
• Social imperialism: colonialism motivated by domestic factors • Economic explanation: protectionist policy • Foreign policy: secure Germany‘s position • Attack against „Freisinn“ (liberal party)
German colonies in 1913
• Governmental imperialism (Weltpolitik) • Informal economic imperialism • Radical national imperialism
Middle classes (bourgeoisie)
Old ĂŠlites (Junker, nobility)
Big business
Working class
Government
• „At root, the nationalist phenomenon was a by-product of the change from a traditionalist politics to a modern mass politics – a change whose effects the established parties had not yet properly understood.“
Maharero
Henrik Witbooi
Samuel Maharero
Surviving Hereo coming back from the Omaheke desert
Herero in chains after the war