Colonialism and Decolonization in National Historical Cultures and Memory Politics in Europe
Modules for History Lessons
Edited By Uta Fenske, Daniel Groth, Klaus-Michael Guse and Bärbel P. Kuhn
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- Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2016. 250 pp., 34 b/w ill.
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- About the Book
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- Introduction
- I. Overseas Colonialism
- Understanding Overseas Colonialism as a Process: An Introduction
- Potatoes, Coffee and Sugar – The Foreign from “Overseas” Changes Europe.
- Potatoes – The Foreign from the Colonies Becomes One’s Own
- Coffee – The Foreign Becomes Part of the “Western” Lifestyle in Europe
- Sugar – The Foreign is Copied
- Colonialism and the Caribbean: Wealth, Power and the British Imperial State
- Economic Aspects of Colonialism: A Caribbean Case Study
- Swiss Emigrants in 19th Century Brazil: Ambivalent Entanglements with Structures of Slavery
- II. Inner-European Hegemonic Relations and Entanglements as Colonialism?
- Inner-European Colonialism: An Introduction
- The Case of Lutheranism in Estonian History – From External Determination to People’s Church
- Images of Poland in Germany in the Late 18th and the 19th Centuries: Precondition of Colonial Power Relations?
- Making Sense of Postcolonial Theories and Applying them to the Relationship between Eastern and Western Europe
- German Colonial Policy in Greater Poland (19th and 20th Centuries)
- Inner-Polish Politics in Kresy during the Interwar Period: An Example of Inner-European Colonialism?
- III. Decolonization and Independence Movements
- Decolonization, the Cold War and Development Aid: An Introduction
- Between a Brotherly Union and Colonialism – Poland in the USSR Sphere of Influence
- The Representation of Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba and his Speech on 30 June 1960 (Congolese Independence Day) – Food for Controversy
- Immigration to Estonia after World War II
- The Case of the Secret Uranium Factory in Sillamäe
- Reasons for Appeasement: The British Empire
- Switzerland and Rwanda: A Troublesome Partnership
- IV. Memory Politics
- Postcolonial Collective Memory Cultures in Europe. A Fragmented, Divided and National-Bound Landscape: An Introduction
- Why “colonialism” as a concept causes confusion, and exploration of alternatives within historiography
- Congo in Flemish/Belgian and Postcolonial Belgian/Congolese Collective Memory
- Who Owns the Polish Past? Polish History Seen From Western European and Polish Points of View
- Colonial Patterns of Interpretation in Swiss Comics
- Acknowledgments
- Authors
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- About the Editors
- About the Book
- This eBook can be cited
- Contents
- Introduction
- I. Overseas Colonialism
- Understanding Overseas Colonialism as a Process: An Introduction
- Potatoes, Coffee and Sugar – The Foreign from “Overseas” Changes Europe.
- Potatoes – The Foreign from the Colonies Becomes One’s Own
- Coffee – The Foreign Becomes Part of the “Western” Lifestyle in Europe
- Sugar – The Foreign is Copied
- Colonialism and the Caribbean: Wealth, Power and the British Imperial State
- Economic Aspects of Colonialism: A Caribbean Case Study
- Swiss Emigrants in 19th Century Brazil: Ambivalent Entanglements with Structures of Slavery
- II. Inner-European Hegemonic Relations and Entanglements as Colonialism?
- Inner-European Colonialism: An Introduction
- The Case of Lutheranism in Estonian History – From External Determination to People’s Church
- Images of Poland in Germany in the Late 18th and the 19th Centuries: Precondition of Colonial Power Relations?
- Making Sense of Postcolonial Theories and Applying them to the Relationship between Eastern and Western Europe
- German Colonial Policy in Greater Poland (19th and 20th Centuries)
- Inner-Polish Politics in Kresy during the Interwar Period: An Example of Inner-European Colonialism?
- III. Decolonization and Independence Movements
- Decolonization, the Cold War and Development Aid: An Introduction
- Between a Brotherly Union and Colonialism – Poland in the USSR Sphere of Influence
- The Representation of Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba and his Speech on 30 June 1960 (Congolese Independence Day) – Food for Controversy
- Immigration to Estonia after World War II
- The Case of the Secret Uranium Factory in Sillamäe
- Reasons for Appeasement: The British Empire
- Switzerland and Rwanda: A Troublesome Partnership
- IV. Memory Politics
- Postcolonial Collective Memory Cultures in Europe. A Fragmented, Divided and National-Bound Landscape: An Introduction
- Why “colonialism” as a concept causes confusion, and exploration of alternatives within historiography
- Congo in Flemish/Belgian and Postcolonial Belgian/Congolese Collective Memory
- Who Owns the Polish Past? Polish History Seen From Western European and Polish Points of View
- Colonial Patterns of Interpretation in Swiss Comics
- Acknowledgments
- Authors
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Andres Andresen works as Senior Researcher of history at the University of Tartu, Estonia.
Email: andres.andresen@ut.ee
Katarzyna Czekaj-Kotynia works as researcher and educator at the University of Social Sciences in Lodz, Poland.
Email: katarzyna.czekaj.kotynia@gmail.com
Przemysław Damski works as researcher at the University of Social Sciences in Lodz, Poland.
Email:Przppdamski@gmail.com
Uta Fenske works as research associate at the University of Siegen, Germany.
Email: uta.fenske@uni-siegen.de
Idesbald Goddeeris is Associate Professor of Transnational and Imperial History at Leuven University, and Senior Member of the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies
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- Title
- Copyright
- About the Editors
- About the Book
- This eBook can be cited
- Contents
- Introduction
- I. Overseas Colonialism
- Understanding Overseas Colonialism as a Process: An Introduction
- Potatoes, Coffee and Sugar – The Foreign from “Overseas” Changes Europe.
- Potatoes – The Foreign from the Colonies Becomes One’s Own
- Coffee – The Foreign Becomes Part of the “Western” Lifestyle in Europe
- Sugar – The Foreign is Copied
- Colonialism and the Caribbean: Wealth, Power and the British Imperial State
- Economic Aspects of Colonialism: A Caribbean Case Study
- Swiss Emigrants in 19th Century Brazil: Ambivalent Entanglements with Structures of Slavery
- II. Inner-European Hegemonic Relations and Entanglements as Colonialism?
- Inner-European Colonialism: An Introduction
- The Case of Lutheranism in Estonian History – From External Determination to People’s Church
- Images of Poland in Germany in the Late 18th and the 19th Centuries: Precondition of Colonial Power Relations?
- Making Sense of Postcolonial Theories and Applying them to the Relationship between Eastern and Western Europe
- German Colonial Policy in Greater Poland (19th and 20th Centuries)
- Inner-Polish Politics in Kresy during the Interwar Period: An Example of Inner-European Colonialism?
- III. Decolonization and Independence Movements
- Decolonization, the Cold War and Development Aid: An Introduction
- Between a Brotherly Union and Colonialism – Poland in the USSR Sphere of Influence
- The Representation of Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba and his Speech on 30 June 1960 (Congolese Independence Day) – Food for Controversy
- Immigration to Estonia after World War II
- The Case of the Secret Uranium Factory in Sillamäe
- Reasons for Appeasement: The British Empire
- Switzerland and Rwanda: A Troublesome Partnership
- IV. Memory Politics
- Postcolonial Collective Memory Cultures in Europe. A Fragmented, Divided and National-Bound Landscape: An Introduction
- Why “colonialism” as a concept causes confusion, and exploration of alternatives within historiography
- Congo in Flemish/Belgian and Postcolonial Belgian/Congolese Collective Memory
- Who Owns the Polish Past? Polish History Seen From Western European and Polish Points of View
- Colonial Patterns of Interpretation in Swiss Comics
- Acknowledgments
- Authors
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- About the Editors
- About the Book
- This eBook can be cited
- Contents
- Introduction
- I. Overseas Colonialism
- Understanding Overseas Colonialism as a Process: An Introduction
- Potatoes, Coffee and Sugar – The Foreign from “Overseas” Changes Europe.
- Potatoes – The Foreign from the Colonies Becomes One’s Own
- Coffee – The Foreign Becomes Part of the “Western” Lifestyle in Europe
- Sugar – The Foreign is Copied
- Colonialism and the Caribbean: Wealth, Power and the British Imperial State
- Economic Aspects of Colonialism: A Caribbean Case Study
- Swiss Emigrants in 19th Century Brazil: Ambivalent Entanglements with Structures of Slavery
- II. Inner-European Hegemonic Relations and Entanglements as Colonialism?
- Inner-European Colonialism: An Introduction
- The Case of Lutheranism in Estonian History – From External Determination to People’s Church
- Images of Poland in Germany in the Late 18th and the 19th Centuries: Precondition of Colonial Power Relations?
- Making Sense of Postcolonial Theories and Applying them to the Relationship between Eastern and Western Europe
- German Colonial Policy in Greater Poland (19th and 20th Centuries)
- Inner-Polish Politics in Kresy during the Interwar Period: An Example of Inner-European Colonialism?
- III. Decolonization and Independence Movements
- Decolonization, the Cold War and Development Aid: An Introduction
- Between a Brotherly Union and Colonialism – Poland in the USSR Sphere of Influence
- The Representation of Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba and his Speech on 30 June 1960 (Congolese Independence Day) – Food for Controversy
- Immigration to Estonia after World War II
- The Case of the Secret Uranium Factory in Sillamäe
- Reasons for Appeasement: The British Empire
- Switzerland and Rwanda: A Troublesome Partnership
- IV. Memory Politics
- Postcolonial Collective Memory Cultures in Europe. A Fragmented, Divided and National-Bound Landscape: An Introduction
- Why “colonialism” as a concept causes confusion, and exploration of alternatives within historiography
- Congo in Flemish/Belgian and Postcolonial Belgian/Congolese Collective Memory
- Who Owns the Polish Past? Polish History Seen From Western European and Polish Points of View
- Colonial Patterns of Interpretation in Swiss Comics
- Acknowledgments
- Authors