The shadow of colonialism on Europe's modern past

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Label

The shadow of colonialism on Europe's modern past

Statement of responsibility

[edited by] Róisín Healy (lecturer in History, National University of Ireland, Galway) and Enrico Dal Lago (lecturer in History, National University of Ireland, Galway)

Creator

• Healy, Róisín, 1969-

Contributor

• Dal Lago, Enrico, 1966-

Editor

• Dal Lago, Enrico, 1966-
• Healy, Róisín, 1969-

Subject

• Europe -- Colonies | History -- Congresses
• Europe -- Ethnic relations | History -- Congresses
• Europe -- Politics and government -- 19th century -- Congresses
• Europe -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- Congresses
• Exploitation -- Political aspects -- Europe -- History -- Congresses
• Imperialism -- History -- Congresses
• Indigenous peoples -- Europe -- History -- Congresses
• Nation-state -- History -- Congresses
• Borderlands -- Europe -- History -- Congresses

Genre

• Congresses

Language

eng

Summary

"Scholars have generally assumed the objects of colonialism to have been non-European peoples, especially those living in Africa and Asia. Acknowledging the significance of current historiographical debates about different colonial experiences, this book breaks new ground in investigating the extent to which European peoples living in Europe were also subjected to colonialism. The image of the shadow, with its connotations of darkness, distortion, and elasticity, highlights the pervasive, yet uneven, influence of the ideologies and practices of colonialism across the European continent and its consequences for the lives of ordinary Europeans in peripheral regions. This shadow reached its height in the century between the 1860s and 1960s, as nation-states were consolidated and colonial empires expanded and then contracted. The chapters of this volume explore this phenomenon in case studies featuring Ireland, southern Italy, Schleswig, Alsace, Poland, Algeria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Ukraine and Hungary"--

Member of

• Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series

Assigning source

Provided by Publisher

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

325.3094

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series