The historical practice of diversity : transcultural interactions from the early modern Mediterranean to the postcolonial world / / edited by Dirk Hoerder ; with Christiane Harzig and Adrian Shubert

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910494639503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Berghahn Books, , 2003
• ISBN: 1-57181-377-2; 1-78238-718-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (288 p.)
• Disciplina: 306
• Soggetti: Multiculturalism; Group identity; Citizenship; Ethnicity; Racism; Cultural pluralism; Globalization
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [266]-267) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Title Page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Introduction; Chapter 1: Transcultural States, Nations, and People; Part I: Transcultural Pasts in the Mediterranean World and Transalpine Europe; Chapter 2: A Legendary Place of Encounter: The Convivencia of Moors, Jews, and Christians, in Medieval Spain; Chapter 3: Religious Communities and Ethnic Groups Under Imperial Sway: Ottoman and Habsburg Lands in Comparison; Chapter 4: National Movements and Imperial Ethnic Hegemonies in Austria, 1867-1918; Part II: Global Interconnections: Black Atlantic, Chinese Diaspora, White Empire; Chapter 5: The Black Atlantic in the Construction of the ""Western"" World: Alternative Approaches to the ""Europeanization"" of the AmericasChapter 6: Chinese Diaspora in Occidental Societies: Canada and Europe; Chapter 7: Labor Diasporas in Comparative Perspective: Polish and Italian Migrant Workers in the Atlantic World between the 1870s and the 1920s; Chapter 8: DIALECTICS OF EMPIRE ; ANDCOMPLEXITIES OF CULTUREBritish Men in India, Indian Experiences of Britain; Part III: CULTURAL BELONGINGS AND CITIZENSHIP; Chapter 9: FROM STATE CONSTRUCTIONS TOINDIVIDUAL OPPORTUNITIESThe Historical Development of Citizenship in EuropeChapter 10: PLACE-SENSITIVE CITIZENSHIPThe Canadian Citizenship Regime until 1945; Chapter 11: THE DIVERSIFICATION OF CANADIANLITERATURE IN ENGLISH; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES; SELECTED STUDIES CITED IN THIS VOLUME; INDEX