title: Colonial Reality and Postcolonial Instrumentalization of the Overseas Expansion of the Duchy of Courland
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metadata.value: Yevstratyev, Oleg I.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2021-02-09T17:40:45Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2021-02-09T17:40:45Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2020-12
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metadata.value: Yevstratyev O. I. Colonial Reality and Postcolonial Instrumentalization of the Overseas Expansion of the Duchy of Courland. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2020, vol. 65, issue 4, рp. 1136–1146.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu02.2020.407
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/23681
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metadata.value: The article is devoted to the theoretical understanding of the history of colonial policy of the
  Duchy of Courland in 1645–1731 through the prism of the phenomenon of a “colonial reality”
  based on Fernand Braudel’s concept of three levels of historical time and Immanuel Wallerstein’s
  world-systems analysis. The article also examines with the help of the postcolonial approach
  the practice of applying a colonial episode of the history of Courland by some modern
  nations in the context of “postcolonial instrumentalization” of this issue. The following conclusions
  are as made: 1) at the level of “event history”, colonialism of Courland organized in a
  typical way of the 17th century in the form of “point” settlements in Gambia and on Tobago (it
  included also iron mines in Norway leased from Denmark) was part of Jacob Kettler’s (years
  of reign 1642–1681) project of turning his state into a “second Holland”; 2) within the “time
  of very long duration”, Courland had convenient geographic but unfavorable geopolitical conditions
  for the overseas expansion; 3) within the “time of long duration”, colonial policy of
  the Duchy faced insurmountable obstacles connected with its ethnosocial structure and its
  peripheral position within the 17th century world-economy; 4) from 1698 to 1731, Duke Jacob’s
  heirs contested vainly the Island of Tobago as part of the “Courland inheritance”; 5) at the
  present stage, we can see how some modern nations use this episode to overcome their “postcolonial
  syndrome” (Latvians, Belarusians) and justify their “imperial” ambitions (Poles). At
  both levels (“colonial reality” and “postcolonial instrumentalization”), attempts to escape from
  the periphery into the core are evident.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. History;Volume 65; Issue 4
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Duchy of Courland
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: colonial policy
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: 17th–18th centuries
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: world-systems analysis
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: postcolonial instrumentalization
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Colonial Reality and Postcolonial Instrumentalization of the Overseas Expansion of the Duchy of Courland
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metadata.value: Article
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