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Jens-Uwe Guettel is Lecturer in the Department of History and Religious Studies at Pennsylvania State University.
This book traces the connections between American westward expansion and German colonialism from the late eighteenth century to World War II.
Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Soil, liberty, and blood: Germans and American westward expansion before 1871; 2. From theory to practice: German colonialism and American westward expansion before the Great War; 3. The American South and racial segregation in the German colonies; 4. America, race, and German expansionism from the Great War to 1945; Conclusion. Imperial liberalism, Nazi expansionism, and the continuities of German history; Bibliography; Index.