1st Edition

Ethnic Nationalism and the Fall of Empires Central Europe, the Middle East and Russia, 1914-23

By Aviel Roshwald Copyright 2001
288 Pages
by Routledge

286 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

Ethnic Nationalism and the Fall of Empires is a wide-ranging comparative study of the origins of today's ethnic politics in East Central Europe, the former Russian empire and the Middle East. Centred on the First World War Era, Ethnic Nationalism highlights the roles of historical contingency and the ordeal of total war in shaping the states and institutions that supplanted the great... Read more
List of Maps, Acknowledgements, 1 Introduction, 2 Ethnicity and Empire: An Historical Introduction, 3 On the Eve of War: The Intelligentsia as Vanguard of Nationalism, 4 Straining the Imperial Molds, 1914–1918, 5 New Arenas of Action: Nationalisms of Occupation and Exile, 1914–1918, 6 Defining the Boundaries of the Nation, 1918–1923, 7 Old Elites and Radical Challengers in the New Nation-States, 1918–1939, 8 Conclusion, Notes, Index

Biography

Aviel Roshwald