Mobilizing the Russian Nation - Patriotism and Citizenship in the First World War

This study of Russian mobilization in the Great War explores how the war shaped national identity and conceptions of citizenship.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. A sacred union: patriotic narratives and the language of inclusion; 2. National mobilization: government, propaganda, and the press; 3. 'On the altar of the fatherland': the orthodox church and the language of sacrifice; 4. 'All for the war!': war relief and the language of citizenship; 5. 'United in gratitude': honoring soldiers and defining the nation; 6. Fantasies of treason: sorting out membership in the Russian national community; 7. 'For freedom and the fatherland': shaping citizens in revolutionary 1917; Conclusion; Select bibliography; Index.

About the author

Melissa Kirschke Stockdale is a Brian and Sandra O'Brien Presidential Professor and Associate Professor of History at the University of Oklahoma, specializing in modern Russian history. Her previous publications include Paul Miliukov and the Quest for a Liberal Russia, 1880–1918 (1997) and Russian Culture in War and Revolution, 1914–1922 (with Murray Frame, Boris Kolonitskii and Steven G. Marks, 2014).

Summary

This study of Russia's home front mobilization in the Great War explores topics as wide-ranging as the press and propaganda, the Orthodox Church, 'spymania', memorialization, and philanthropy. It should appeal to individuals interested in World War I, nationalism and national identities, citizenship, gender and war, and the Russian revolution.

Product details

• Authors: Melissa (University of Oklahoma) Stockdale, Melissa Kirschke Stockdale
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781107474857
• ISBN: 978-1-107-47485-7
• No. of pages: 302
• Series: Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare; Studies in the Social and Cult; Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Russia, European History, First World War, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, Civil rights & citizenship, Civics and citizenship, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), Military institutions, Regiments, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet