The Kaiser and the Colonies: Monarchy in the Age of Empire

by FitzPatrick and Matthew P. Fitzpatrick

Many have viewed Kaiser Wilhelm II as having personally ruled Germany, dominating its politics, and choreographing its ambitious leap to global power. But how accurate is this picture?

As The Kaiser and the Colonies shows, Wilhelm II was a constitutional monarch like many other crowned heads of Europe. Rather than an expression of Wilhelm II's personal rule, Germany's global empire and its Weltpolitik had their origins in the political and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192897039
• ISBN13: 9780192897039
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.5"