Why is there a large stone elephant in Bremen? Why was it called the “City of Colonies”? What do coffee, cotton, and tobacco have to do with the Hanseatic city?
This new book (“City of Colonies”: How Bremen Shaped German Colonialism) explores these and other questions about the entanglements of Bremen and Bremerhaven with European colonialism. As a trading city, Bremen benefited early on from the colonial ventures of other European countries and eventually became a driving force behind the German colonial empire. Since the 1970s, the city has been critically engaging with its colonial past.
Available in German. Hardcover, 288 pages, 25 illustrations, €20.00.
