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Habsburg’s Only Colony? Bosnia-Herzegovina and Austriahungary, 1878-1918

Volume 13 (2018): Issue 1 (December 2018)

By: Clemens Ruthner

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|Jan 2019

Abstract

It has always been a mantra of Habsburg history that Austria-Hungary never had colonies. This article investigates why Bosnia-Herzegovina can be regarded as such indeed, developing a check list of factors from critical colonial history, showing that it is a Eurocentric view actually that prevents us from recognizing colonialism on European soil.

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