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

An examination of the critical dilemmas of nationalist politics in the First World War. It proposes that the war catapulted nationalist movements into positions of authority well before they were ready culturally or politically.

List of contents

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

About the author

Aviel Roshwald

Summary

An examination of the critical dilemmas of nationalist politics in the First World War. It proposes that the war catapulted nationalist movements into positions of authority well before they were ready culturally or politically.

Product details

• Authors: Aviel Roshwald, Roshwald Aviel
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.11.2000
• EAN: 9780415178938
• ISBN: 978-0-415-17893-8
• No. of pages: 286
• Weight: 690 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / World, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Colonialism and imperialism, History and Archaeology