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

Published by Berghahn Books 2003

The Historical Practice of Diversity

Transcultural Interactions from the Early Modern Mediterranean to the Postcolonial World

Edited by: Dirk Hoerder , Christiane Harzig and Adrian Shubert

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781782387183

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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 volume moves to the empires of the 18th and 19th centuries and the African Diaspora of the Black Atlantic. It ends with questioning assumptions about citizenship and underlying homogeneous "received" cultures through the analysis of the changes in various literatures. This volume clearly shows that the life-worlds of settled as well as migrant populations in the past were characterized by cultural change and exchange whether conflictual or peaceful. Societies reflected on such change in their literatures as well as in their concepts of citizenship.

Author / Editor information

Dirk Hoerder teaches history at the University of Bremen and has taught at universities in Northamerica. He has completed a survey of worldwide migrations from the 11th to 20th century.

Christiane Harzig (1952-2007) was Assistant Professor at Bremen University where she taught North American History and published widely on migration in Europe and North America.

Adrian Shubert is Professor and Chair of History at York University. In 1997-1998 he was a Guggenheim Fellow, and in 1999 he was invested as Commander of the Order of Civil Merit by King Juan Carlos I of Spain.

Dirk Hoerder teaches history at the University of Bremen and has taught at universities in Northamerica. He has completed a survey of worldwide migrations from the 11th to 20th century.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Notes on Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Revising the Monocultural Nation-State Paradigm: An Introduction to Transcultural Perspectives Dirk Hoerder Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Transcultural States, Nations, and People Dirk Hoerder Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
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 Norbert Rehrmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
3. Religious Communities and Ethnic Groups under Imperial Sway: Ottoman and Habsburg Lands in Comparison Fikret Adanir Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	54
4. National Movements and Imperial Ethnic Hegemonies in Austria, 1867–1918 Michael John Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
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 Paul E. Lovejoy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
6. Chinese Diaspora in Occidental Societies: Canada and Europe Peter S. Li Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	134
7. Labor Diasporas in Comparative Perspective: Polish and Italian Migrant Workers in the Atlantic World between the 1870s and the 1920s Adam Walaszek Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	152
8. Dialectics of Empire and Complexities of Culture: British Men in India, Indian Experiences of Britain Bernd-Peter Lange and Mala Pandurang Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
Part III: Cultural Belongings and Citizenship
9. From State Constructions to Individual Opportunities: The Historical Development of Citizenship in Europe Christiane Harzig Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
10. Place-Sensitive Citizenship: The Canadian Citizenship Regime until 1945 Jane Jenson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
11. The Diversification of Canadian Literature in English Tamara Palmer Seiler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239
Selected References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	266
Selected Studies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	268
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	274

Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 292
Keywords: History: Medieval/Early Modern; Cultural Studies (General); Colonial History

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Published: September 1, 2003
ISBN: 9781782387183