{"product_id":"germany-in-central-america-thomas-schoonover-9780817354138","title":"Germany in Central America: Competitive Imperialism, 1821-1929","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnalyzes the German role in Central American domestic and international relations\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Using previously untapped resources including private collections, the records of cultural institutions, and federal and state government archives, Schoonover analyzes the German role in Central American domestic and international relations.Of the four countries most active in independent Central America-Britain, the United States, France, and Germany- historians know the least about the full extent of the involvement of the Germans. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e German colonial expansion was based on its position as an industrialized state seeking economic well-being and security in a growing world market. German leaders were quick to recognize that ties to the cheap labor of overseas countries could compensate for some of the costs and burdens of conceding material and social privileges to their domestic labor force. The Central American societies possessed limited resource bases; smaller and poorly educated populations; and less capital, communications, and technological development than Germany. They saw the borrowing of development as a key to their social, economic, and political progress. Wary Central American leaders also saw the influx of German industrialists as assurance against excessive U.S. presence in their political economies and cultures. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Although the simplistic bargain to trade economic development for cheap labor appeared to succeed in the short term, complex issues of German domestic unemployment and social disorder filtered to Central American countries and added to their own burdens. By 1929, Germany had recovered most of its pre-World War I economic position. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Schoonover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0817354131\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780817354138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Alabama Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 334\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.00d","brand":"Thomas Schoonover","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44522271998207,"sku":"9780817354138","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6db47fd0-656a-4654-b971-bd89b1937a44.jpg?v=1700156409","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/germany-in-central-america-thomas-schoonover-9780817354138","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}