TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fois, Marisa
AB  - What relationship do European countries have with their colonial past? The way they deal  with, reread, reconstruct, forget or conceal this part of their history is decisive for  understanding today’s geopolitics and for questioning current societies.  The Confederation, under its cloak of neutrality, has long denied its involvement in colonial  processes. However, the Swiss participated in the settlement of French Algeria, where  they exercised forms of domination, notably through private investments. When Algerian  independence was proclaimed, the Confederation faced the delicate task of organising the  ‘return’ of Swiss settlers. Following nationalisations and expropriations overseas, property  had to be protected, and pensions paid.  This book offers valuable tools for understanding colonial history in a decolonised world.  Supported by Swiss, French, Italian and English archival sources − most of which have  never been published before − this study reconstructs the interplay of scales and  highlights the decisive role of the Association des Suisses spoliés d’Algérie ou d’outremer
DO  - 10.33058/seismo.20740
KW  - history, colonialism, Northern Africa, minorities, decolonisation, postcolonialism
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/77ad7287-32d7-4583-b3f9-4b86a233bf29/oa_9782883517400.pdf
LA  - French
LK  - https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/47754
PB  - Seismo
PY  - 2021
SN  - 9782883510999
TI  - Héritages coloniaux : Les Suisses d'Algérie
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