Making ethnicity in southern Bessarabia : tracing the histories of an ambiguous concept in a contested land /
"In Making Ethnicity, Simon Schlegel offers a history of ethnicity and its political uses in southern Bessarabia, a region that has long been at the crossroads of powerful forces: in the 19th century between the Russian and Ottoman Empires, since World War I between the Soviet Union and Romania...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2019
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| Series: | Eurasian studies library ;
v. 14. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | "In Making Ethnicity, Simon Schlegel offers a history of ethnicity and its political uses in southern Bessarabia, a region that has long been at the crossroads of powerful forces: in the 19th century between the Russian and Ottoman Empires, since World War I between the Soviet Union and Romania, and since the collapse of the Soviet Union between Russia and the European Union's respective zones of influence. Drawing on biographical interviews and archival documents, Schlegel argues that ethnic categories gained relevance in the 19th century, as state bureaucrats took over local administration from the church. After mutating into a dangerous instrument of social engineering in the mid-20th century, ethnicity today remains a potent force for securing votes and allocating resources."-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 276 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789004408029 9004408029 |
| ISSN: | 1877-9484 ; |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 28, 2022). |
