Colonial Switzerland: Rethinking Colonialism from the Margins - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1349495204 ISBN 13 : 9781349495207

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015

Synopsis

States without former colonies, it has been argued, were intensely involved in colonial practices. This anthology looks at Switzerland, which, by its very strong economic involvements with colonialism, its doctrine of neutrality, and its transnationally entangled scientific community, constitutes a perfect case in point.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Patricia Purtschert is Postdoctoral Researcher at ETH Zürich, Switzerland, and a philosopher. Her areas of research are feminist, gender, queer, postcolonial and cultural studies. Together with Barbara Lüthi and Francesca Falk, she has co-edited the volume Postkoloniale Schweiz: Formen und Folgen eines Kolonialismus ohne Kolonien (2012, 2nd edition 2013).

Harald Fischer-Tiné is Professor of Global History at ETH Zürich, Switzerland. He has published widely on South Asian history and the history of colonialism and imperialism. His latest monograph is the biography of a diasporic Indian revolutionary: Shyamji Krishnavarma: Sanskrit, Sociology and Anti-Imperialism (2014).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1349495204
• ISBN 13: 9781349495207
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Éditeur: Purtschert P., Fischer-Tiné H.
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