Peripheries at the Centre : Borderland Schooling in Interwar Europe

"Following the Treaty of Versailles, European nation-states were faced with the challenge of instilling national loyalty in their new borderlands, in which fellow citizens often differed dramatically from one another along religious, linguistic, cultural, or ethnic lines. Peripheries at the Cen...

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Main Authors:Venken, Machteld (Author)
Format: Online-Resource
Published:[Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] : Berghahn Books, 2021
Series:Contemporary European History
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Online Access:kostenfrei
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Summary:"Following the Treaty of Versailles, European nation-states were faced with the challenge of instilling national loyalty in their new borderlands, in which fellow citizens often differed dramatically from one another along religious, linguistic, cultural, or ethnic lines. Peripheries at the Centre compares the experiences of schooling in Upper Silesia in Poland and Eupen, Sankt Vith, and Malmedy in Belgium - border regions detached from the German Empire after the First World War. It demonstrates how newly configured countries envisioned borderland schools and language learning as tools for realizing the imagined peaceful Europe that underscored the political geography of the interwar period"--
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:9781789209686
9781789209679
Access:Open Access