Museums and Sites of Persuasion Politics, Memory and Human Rights

March 31, 2017 marked the centenary of the transfer of the Danish colony-the Danish West Indies (today's US Virgin Islands)-to the US. During the 100 years that had passed, the history had only occasionally been revisited in Danish public debate and history books-often shaped as a postcolonial...

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Andere auteurs: Apsel, Joyce (Redacteur), Sodaro, Amy (Redacteur)
Formaat: Elektronisch Hoofdstuk
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