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A brief but seriously intense period of imperial and colonial expansion took place in many Western nations between 1870 to 1905.1 With the addition of newly formed nations such as Germany, the desire for expansion transformed into a competition, as the opportuni ....

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.... widespread unemployment and hard times in Birmingham on January 22, 1894. A former mayor of Birmingham, he was an advocate of many social reforms geared toward aiding the working class. In addition to his service as mayor, he became a member of the British Parliament in 1876.2 Friedrich Fabri, author of an extremely popular short story entitled Bedarf Deutschland der Kolonien?, (Translation: Does Germany Need Colonies?), was a long time inspector of the Barmen Rhine Mission in German Southwest Africa.3 It is clear to the reader that both the pamphlet and the speech were designed to influence or sway public opinion on new imperialism and colonia ....