Ethnic nationalism and the fall of empires Central Europe, Russia, and the Middle East, 1914-1923 / Aviel Roshwald.

Author/creator Roshwald, Aviel
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Routledge,
Descriptionx, 273 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
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Subjects
Nationalism--Europe, Eastern.
Nationalism--Middle East.
Europe, Eastern--Politics and government. --20th century.
Europe, Eastern--Ethnic relations. --Political aspects.
Middle East--Politics and government. --1914-1945.
Middle East--Ethnic relations. --Political aspects.

Cover title Ethnic nationalism & the fall of empires
Contents Machine generated contents note: List of Maps xi -- Acknowledgements xii --1 Introduction 1 --2 Ethnicity and Empire: An Historical Introduction 7 -- The Austro-Hungarian Empire 8 -- The Russian Empire 19 -- The Ottoman Empire 28 -- Epilogue 33 --3 On the Eve of War: The Intelligentsia as Vanguard of Nationalism 34 -- Conflicting NationalistAgendas in East Central Europe 36 -- Poland 36 -- Czechs and Slovaks 42 -- The Dream of Yugoslav Unity 46 -- Synopsis 48 -- Populism, Socialism, and Nationalism in the Russian Empire 49 -- Social Elites and Nationalist Intellectuals in the Ottoman Empire 57 -- From Ottomanism to Turkish Nationalism 57 -- From Ottomanism to Arab Nationalism 63 -- Conclusion 67 --4 Straining the Imperial Molds, 1914-1918 70 -- War Front, Home Front, and the Politicization of Ethnicity in the Habsburg Empire 71 -- Loyalties on the (Front) Line 73 -- The Czech Home Front 78 -- The South Slav Lands 84 -- Synopsis 88 -- The Ethnic Dimension of War and Revolution in Russia 90 -- Nationalism and Separatism under the Provisional Government 92 -- The Socio-Cultural Bases of Ethnic Unrest 94 -- The Burden of War in the Middle East 104 -- The Radicalization of Turkish Nationalism 105 -- The Suppression of Dissent in the Arab Lands 111 -- Conclusion 114 -- 5 New Arenas of Action: Nationalisms of Occupation and Exile, 1914-1918 116 -- Zones of Occupation 116 -- Poland and Lithuania 116 -- Serbia 125 -- The Politics of Exile 128 -- The Czechoslovak National Council 129 -- The Yugoslav Committee 132 -- The Polish National Committee 138 -- Zionism 140 -- Synopsis 145 -- Volunteer Legions 146 -- The Czechoslovak Legion 147 -- Pilsudski's First Brigade 149 -- The Arab Revolt 152 -- Conclusion 155 --6 Defining the Boundaries of the Nation, 1918-1923 156 -- Defining Frontiers in East Central Europe 157 -- The Political Geography of Soviet Ethnofederalism 171 -- The Ethnic Dimension of Russian Political Collapse and Civil War 171 -- The Soviet Ethnofederal Experiment 174 -- Reconfiguring the Boundaries of Identity in the Middle East 183 -- The Turkish Settlement and the Kemalist State 183 -- European Imperialism as Framework for the Genesis of -- Middle Eastern Nation-States 187 -- Statehood vs. Nationhood in the Arab World 189 -- Sectarianism and Ethno-Regional Politics in the Framework -- of Arab Nationalism 192 -- Conclusion 196 --7 Old Elites and Radical Challengers in the New Nation-States, 1918-1939 198 -- Institutional Continuities and Disaffected Ethnic Groups: the Czechoslovak and Yugoslav Cases 201 -- Czechoslovakia 201 -- Yugoslavia 204 -- Revolutionary Elites in Reactionary Roles: Poland and the Arab Middle East 207 -- Poland 207 -- Syria and Iraq 211 -- Conclusion 215 --8 Conclusion 218 --Notes 224 -- Index 264.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [224]-263) and index.
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LCCN 00042475
ISBN0415178932 (cloth)
ISBN0415242290 (pbk.)

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