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Imperial German influence on Republican Chile
German people, culture, science and institutions have greatly influenced Chile. Following the Chilean independence in 1818, German influence increased gradually with Imperial Germany effectively displacing France as the prime role model for Chile in the second half of the 19th century.[1] Settlement by ethnic German settlers has had a long-lasting influence on the society, economy and geography of Chile in general, and South Chile in particular.
Intense German influence around the turn of the century faced also some criticism as exemplified when Eduardo de la Barra wrote disparagingly about a "German bewitchment". For this critique, de la Barra was himself labelled a "romanizer" by critics.[1] Influence peaked in the decades before World War I, and the prestige of Germany and German things in Chile remained high after the war but did not recover to its pre-war levels.[1][2]
Institutions like the Chilean Army and Instituto Pedagógico were also heavily influenced by Germany.[1]
- ^ a b c d Sanhueza, Carlos (2011). "El debate sobre "el embrujamiento alemán" y el papel de la ciencia alemana hacia fines del siglo XIX en Chile" (PDF). Ideas viajeras y sus objetos. El intercambio científico entre Alemania y América austral. Madrid–Frankfurt am Main: Iberoamericana–Vervuert (in Spanish). pp. 29–40.
- ^ Penny, H. Glenn (2017). "Material Connections: German Schools, Things, and Soft Power in Argentina and Chile from the 1880s through the Interwar Period". Comparative Studies in Society and History. 59 (3): 519–549. doi:10.1017/S0010417517000159. S2CID 149372568.
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