The Shadow of Colonialism on Europe’s Modern Past [electronic resource] /
Healy, Róisín.editor.
Lago, Enrico Dal.editor.
Through a range of case studies from eastern and western Europe, this book breaks new ground in investigating the extent to which European peoples living within Europe were also subjected to the ideologies and practices of colonialism.
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Part I: Debating Colonialisms; 1 Investigating Colonialism within Europe; 2 Is There a Classical Colonialism?; 3 Exemplar, Outlier, Impostor? A Reflection on Ireland and the Discourses of Colonialism; Part II: Colonialism as Nationalisation?; 4 Italian National Unification and the Mezzogiorno: Colonialism in One Country?; 5 Language Policies in the Duchy of Schleswig under Denmark and Prussia; 6 German-Annexed Alsace and Imperial Germany: A Process of Colonisation?; 7 From Commonwealth to Colony? Poland under Prussia
8 Colonialism in the Polish Eastern Borderlands 1919-19399 The French of Algeria: Can the Colonisers Be Colonised?; 10 Bosnia-Herzegovina, 1878-1918: A Colony of a Multinational Empire; Part III: Colonialism under Communism; 11 From Imperial Russia to Colonial Ukraine; 12 Maps of the Borderlands: Russia and Ukraine; 13 Layered Colonialism: Colonisation and Sovietisation in Poland's Recovered Territories; 14 Sovietisation, Imperial Rule and the Stalinist Leader Cult in Central and Eastern Europe; Index
"This volume arises from a conference entitled 'Colonialism within Europe: Fact or Fancy?' held at National University of Ireland (NUI), Galway in June 2012."
Includes index.
Through a range of case studies from eastern and western Europe, this book breaks new ground in investigating the extent to which European peoples living within Europe were also subjected to the ideologies and practices of colonialism.
Civilization-History.
Social history.
Imperialism.
Europe-History.
History, Modern.
Cultural History.
Social History.
Imperialism and Colonialism.
European History.
Modern History.