Colonial Switzerland : Rethinking Colonialism from the Margins / edited by P. Purtschert, H. Fischer-Tiné.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Purtschert, P., Editor.

Fischer-Tiné, H., Editor.

Series:

Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies, 2635-1641

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Europe--History.

Europe.

Imperialism.

Social history.

European History.

Imperialism and Colonialism.

Social History.

Local Subjects:

European History.

Imperialism and Colonialism.

Social History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XI, 334 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2015.

Place of Publication:

London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

ISBN:

9781137442734

1137442735