Colonial Switzerland : rethinking colonialism from the margins /: rethinking colonialism from the margins. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: [edited by] Patricia Purtschert and Harald Fischer-Tiné (ETH Zurich, Switzerland).
• Editors: Purtschert, Patricia; Fischer-Tiné, Harald
• Contents: 1. On the Tropical Origins of the Alps : Science and the Colonial Imagination of Switzerland, 1700-1900 / Bernhard C. Schär -- 2. Race in the Making : Colonial Encounters, Body Measurements and the Global Dimensions of Swiss Racial Science, 1900-1950 / Pascal Germann -- 3. The Other's Colony : Switzerland and the Discovery of Côte d'Ivoire / Lukas Meier -- 4. Patriotic Bonds and the Danger of Estrangement : Swiss Networks in Colonial Southeast Asia (1850-1930) / Andreas Zangger -- 5. "Wonderland" Peru : Migration and the Making of an Andean Switzerland / Angela Sanders -- 6. Bollywood, Chicken Curry -- and IT : The Public Spectacle of the Indian Exotic, and Postcolonial Anxieties in Switzerland / Rohit Jain -- 7. Becoming Imperial : A Swiss Woman's Shifting Identity in British Southern Africa / Ruramisai Charumbira -- 8. From "Native" Alpine Guides to Foreign "Sahibs" in the Himalayas : Swiss Identity Formation at the Moment of Decolonization / Patricia Purtschert -- 9. Overburdened White Men (and Women) : Ruptured Self-Images of Young Swiss in the "Third World" (1950s to 1970s) / Patricia Hongler and Marina Lienhard -- 10. The Other Side of Internationalism : Switzerland as Hub of Militant Anti-Colonialism (c. 1910-1920) / Harald Fischer-Tiné -- 11. "The Chinaman of old cannot be compared to the Chinaman of today" : Official Views of China and the Construction of Colonial Knowledge in Interwar Switzerland / Ariane Knüsel -- 12. Glimpses into the Hearts of Whiteness : Institutions of Intimacy and the Desirable National / Anne Lavanchy -- Colonial Complicities and Hidden Imperial Entanglements : An Afterword / Shalini Randeria.
• Publisher Details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 327.494; Colonies -- History; Imperialism -- History; Imperialism -- Social aspects -- Switzerland -- History; Transnationalism -- Political aspects -- Switzerland -- History; Neutrality -- Switzerland -- History; Racism -- Political aspects -- Switzerland -- History; Postcolonialism -- Switzerland -- History; HISTORY -- Europe -- General; HISTORY -- Europe -- Western; HISTORY -- Social History; Racism -- Political aspects; Postcolonialism; Neutrality; International relations; Imperialism -- Social aspects; Imperialism; Colonies; Diplomatic relations; Switzerland -- Foreign relations; Switzerland -- Relations -- Europe; Europe -- Relations -- Switzerland; Europe; Switzerland; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137442741; 1137442743
• Related ISBNs: 1349495204; 9781349495207
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
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