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 Author: Venken, Machteld (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Berghahn, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Studies in cfontemporary European history ; volume 27
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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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 resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781789209693
1789209692
9781789209686
1789209684