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Non-British migrants and their communities were an integral part of the multifaceted and multicultural nature of the British Empire. Their history, however, goes beyond a clearly delineated narrative of the Empire and includes transnational and truly global dimensions. German migrants and their transnational network creation within the structures of the British Empire, pursued over more than two centuries in a multitude of geographical settings, is the constitutive framework of the present volume. Eight contributions cover economic, cultural, scientific and political themes. The book questions traditional nation-centred narratives of the Empire as an exclusively British undertaking.
About the author
John R. Davis, Ph.D. Glasgow, is Professor of History and International Relations at Kingston University, London. Publications include The Victorians and Germany (Lang, 2007).
Stefan Manz, Ph.D. Durham, is Senior Lecturer in German at Aston University, Birmingham, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Publications include Migranten und Internierte. Deutsche in Glasgow, 1864-1918 (Steiner, 2003).
Margrit Schulte Beerbüh, Ph.D. Düsseldorf, is Senior Lecturer (Privatdozent) in Modern History at Düsseldorf University. Publications include Deutsche Kaufleute in London. Welthandel und Einbürgerung 1660-1818 (Oldenbourg, 2007).
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[...] all the contributions to the volume are fascinating, [...]"
Andreas Fahrmeir, Journal of Global History 8/2 (2013)
