Frontiers of Empire - Max Sering, Inner Colonization, and the German East, 1871–1945

Frontiers of Empire connects the settlement of the North American West with Germany's colonization of Eastern Europe, through the fascinating biography of Max Sering, a world-famous professor who was present at every major phase in the evolution of Germany's relationship with its eastern frontier.

List of contents

1. Settler colonialism and how to tell a story: inner colonization and biography; 2. The Frontiers of youth: Kaiserreich, part one; 3. Career beginnings, eastern interests: Kaiserreich, part two (1883-1897); 4. Settling in: Kaiserreich, part three (1897-1914); 5. The radicalization of inner colonization: world war one, 1914-1918; 6. Sering the star: the Weimar Republic, 1918-1933; 7. Sering's journey comes to an end: the third Reich (1933-39); 8. The legacy of Max Sering and inner colonization: the second world war and its aftermath; Conclusion.

About the author

Robert L. Nelson is the author of German Soldier Newspapers of the First World War (Cambridge, 2011), and edited Germans, Poland, and Colonial Expansion to the East: 1850 Through the Present (2009). He has won fellowships from the Killam Trust, the Humboldt Foundation, and was a Visiting Fulbright Scholar.

Product details

• Authors: Robert L. Nelson
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 31.08.2025
• EAN: 9781009235372
• ISBN: 978-1-009-23537-2
• Illustrations: Worked examples or Exercises
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Eastern Europe, European History, Germany, HISTORY / Europe / General, Later 19th century c 1850 to c 1899, Diplomacy, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, Colonialism and imperialism