The Historical Practice of Diversity : : Transcultural Interactions from the Early Modern Mediterranean to the Postcolonial World /

The Historical Practice of Diversity : : Transcultural Interactions from the Early Modern Mediterranean to the Postcolonial World / / ed. by Dirk Hoerder, Adrian Shubert, Christiane Harzig.

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While multicultural composition of nations has become a catchword in public debates, few educators, not to speak of the general public, realize that cultural interaction was the rule throughout history. Starting with the Islam-Christian-Jewish Mediterranean world of the early modern period, this vol...

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MitwirkendeR:
Adanir, Fikret,
Harzig, Christiane,
Hoerder, Dirk,
Jenson, Jane,
John, Michael,
Lange, Bernd-Peter,
Li, Peter S.,
Lovejoy, Paul E.,
Palmer Seiler, Tamara,
Pandurang, Mala,
Rehrmann, Norbert,
Walaszek, Adam,
HerausgeberIn:
Harzig, Christiane,
Hoerder, Dirk,
Shubert, Adrian,
Place / Publishing House:New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2003]
2003
Year of Publication:2003
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (292 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Revising the Monocultural Nation-State Paradigm: An Introduction to Transcultural Perspectives
  • 1. Transcultural States, Nations, and People
  • Part I: Transcultural Pasts in the Mediterranean World and Transalpine Europe
  • 2. A Legendary Place of Encounter: The Convivencia of Moors, Jews, and Christians in Medieval Spain
  • 3. Religious Communities and Ethnic Groups under Imperial Sway: Ottoman and Habsburg Lands in Comparison
  • 4. National Movements and Imperial Ethnic Hegemonies in Austria, 1867–1918
  • Part II: Global Interconnections: Black Atlantic, Chinese Diaspora, White Empire
  • 5. The Black Atlantic in the Construction of the “Western” World: Alternative Approaches to the “Europeanization” of the Americas
  • 6. Chinese Diaspora in Occidental Societies: Canada and Europe
  • 7. Labor Diasporas in Comparative Perspective: Polish and Italian Migrant Workers in the Atlantic World between the 1870s and the 1920s
  • 8. Dialectics of Empire and Complexities of Culture: British Men in India, Indian Experiences of Britain
  • Part III: Cultural Belongings and Citizenship
  • 9. From State Constructions to Individual Opportunities: The Historical Development of Citizenship in Europe
  • 10. Place-Sensitive Citizenship: The Canadian Citizenship Regime until 1945
  • 11. The Diversification of Canadian Literature in English
  • Selected References
  • Selected Studies
  • Index

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