Through a range of case studies from eastern and western Europe, this book breaks new ground in investigating the extent to which European peoples living within Europe were also subjected to the ideologies and practices of colonialism.
Through a range of case studies from eastern and western Europe, this book breaks new ground in investigating the extent to which European peoples liv...
This book explores the assertions made by Irish nationalists of a parallel between Ireland under British rule and Poland under Russian, Prussian and Austrian rule in the long nineteenth century. Poland loomed large in the Irish nationalist imagination, despite the low level of direct contact between Ireland and Poland up to the twenty-first century. Irish men and women took a keen interest in Poland and many believed that its experience mirrored that of Ireland. This view rested primarily on a historical coincidence--the loss of sovereignty suffered by Poland in the final partition...
This book explores the assertions made by Irish nationalists of a parallel between Ireland under British rule and Poland under Russian, Pru...
