Reorganization of Center-Periphery Relations in Modern and Contemporary European History

本研究旨在分析欧洲近现代史上中心-边缘、核心-边缘关系的重组过程。我们在这项研究中采用了两种方法。首先是分析欧洲内部的区域发展不平衡。在这方面，我们考察了文艺复兴时期意大利的中心-边缘关系（佛罗伦萨-锡耶纳关系），哈布斯堡王朝和奥斯曼帝国。二是解读“欧洲”概念的特征及其在现代世界结构化中的地位。我们考察了两次世界大战之间大英帝国的国际关系史、18世纪英国与北美的殖民关系（大西洋历史）和18世纪法国欧洲与非洲奴隶贸易的商业关系的三个例子。在我们的研究过程中，我们也回顾了一些方法论和分析方法的有效性，如“内部边缘”理论，“边境”理论和后殖民和文化研究应用于哈布斯堡王朝（哈布斯堡王朝的后殖民和集体认同）和奥斯曼帝国（奥斯曼版东方主义）的历史。在欧洲向东中欧和东南欧扩张的时代，在当代世界新自由主义结构化的时代，我们尤其从边缘地区的角度来解读欧洲的地位。这样的观点将有助于扩大我们对帝国、当代新帝国主义和新自由主义的历史意义的理解。我们的研究还涉及到建立几个数据库的基础，以扩大我们对这一主题的研究。通过使用这些以html和pdf格式向公众开放的数据库，我们将能够从不同的角度审视欧洲的近代史。

The purpose of our study was to analyze the reorganization process of center-periphery, core-periphery relations in modern and contemporary history of Europe. We took up two approaches for this study. First was to analyze regional uneven development within Europe. For this aspect, we examined center-periphery relations in renaissance Italy (Florence-Sienna relations), Habsburg Monarchy and Ottoman Empire. Second was to interpret characteristics of the concept of "Europe" and its position in the structuralization of modern world. We examined three examples of the history of British Empire in international relations between two world wars, British-North American colonial relations in the 18th century (Atlantic History) and commercial relations of Euro-African slave trade in the 18th century France.In the course of our studies, we also reviewed the validity of some methodological and analytical approaches, such as the theory of "internal periphery", theory of "borderland" and postcolonial and cultural studies applied to the history of Habsburg Monarchy (postcolonial and collective identities of Habsburg Monarchy) and Ottoman Empire (Ottoman version of orientalism). In the age of European enlargement to east-central and south-eastern Europe and in the age of Neoliberal structuralization of contemporary world, we interpreted the status of Europe especially from the viewpoint of peripheral regions. Such a viewpoint will contribute to expand our understanding of historical significance of Empires, contemporary new imperialism and NeoliberalismOur studies also tackled with making foundations to set up several databases in order to expand our researches on this theme. Through making use of these databases, that are opened to the public in html and pdf format, we will be able to examine modern and contemporary history of Europe from a different point of view.