Ethnic Nationalism and the Fall of Empires

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Ethnic Nationalism and the Fall of Empire examines the critical dilemmas of nationalist politics in the first world war. The book focuses on a selection of case-studies drawn from events in the Habsburg, Romanov and Ottoman Empires, as well as the nation-states that arose form their break-up during, and in the aftermath of the First World War. It proposes that the events of the war itself catapulted nationalist movements into positions of authority well before the necessary cultural and institutional framework had had time to develop. The resulting crisis of political modernisation has reemerged in the late twentieth century and has been a fundamental threat to global stability.Ethnic Nationalism and the Fall of Empire includes examination of:* the role of intelligentsias* the effect of WW1 on the peoples of multi ethnic empires* the conflicts over how to define the boundaries of nationhood in the new post-war polities* the role of institutional continuity and the old elites in the evolution of the new nation states.

subjects: Ethnic relations,  History,  Nationalism,  Nonfiction,  Political aspects,  Politics and government,  Middle east, social conditions,  Nationalism, middle east,  Middle east, history,  Politique et gouvernement,  Nationalisme,  Relations interethniques,  Aspect politique,  POLITICAL SCIENCE,  Political Ideologies,  Revolution,  Desintegratie,  Etnisch bewustzijn,  Natievorming,  Deutsches Auslandswissenschaftliches Institut Abteilung Ostmitteleuropa,  Deutsches Auslandswissenschaftliches Institut,  Nationalism--europe, eastern,  Nationalism--middle east,  Ethnic relations--political aspects,  Djk48.5 .r67 2001,  320.54/09/041

Places: Eastern Europe,  Middle East

Times: 1914-1945,  20th century