Cover Page -- The German Colonial Empire -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations in Text -- Part I The Origins of Germany's Colonial Empire -- 1 Prelude to Empire -- 2 The Seizure of the Colonies -- 3 Colonialism in the Postacquisition Years -- Part II The Colonies, 1885-1907 -- 4 Southwest Africa, 1885-1907: White Man's Country and the Roots of Genocide -- 5 Togo: The "Model Colony" -- 6 Cameroon: Capitalism and Colonialism -- 7 German East Africa: Economic Exploitation and Colonial Politics -- 8 The Pacific Colonies and Kiaochow -- Part III Colonial Politics in Germany, 1890-1906 -- 9 Groups and Interests in Colonial Politics -- 10 Issues of Colonial Politics -- 11 Colonialism, Navalism, and Weltpolitik -- Part IV The Dernburg Era and its Aftermath -- 12 The Colonial Crisis of 1906-1907 and the Rise of Dernburg -- 13 The Dernburg Era, 1907-1910 -- 14 German Colonialism, 1910-1914 -- 15 The First World War and the Loss of the Colonies -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.