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The Affirmative Action Empire: Nations and Nationalism in the Soviet Union, 1923-1939 (Wilder House Series in Politics, History, & Culture)

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Description for The Affirmative Action Empire: Nations and Nationalism in the Soviet Union, 1923-1939 (Wilder House Series in Politics, History, & Culture) Paperback. Series: The Wilder House Series in Politics, History & Culture. Num Pages: 528 pages, 51. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JFSL; JPFN; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 762. Nations and Nationalism in the Soviet Union, 1923-1939. Series: Wilder House Series in Politics, History & Culture. 528 pages, 47 tables, 4 maps. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JFSL; JPFN; JPQB. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 32. Weight: 734.

The Soviet Union was the first of Europe's multiethnic states to confront the rising tide of nationalism by systematically promoting the national consciousness of its ethnic minorities and establishing for them many of the institutional forms characteristic of the modern nation-state. In the 1920s, the Bolshevik government, seeking to defuse nationalist sentiment, created tens of thousands of national territories. It trained new national leaders, established national languages, and financed the production of national-language cultural products.This was a massive and fascinating historical experiment in governing a multiethnic state. Terry Martin provides a comprehensive survey and interpretation, based on newly available archival ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Series
The Wilder House Series in Politics, History & Culture
Condition
New
Weight
760g
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801486777
SKU
V9780801486777
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About Terry Martin
Terry Martin is Associate Professor of History at Harvard University.

Reviews for The Affirmative Action Empire: Nations and Nationalism in the Soviet Union, 1923-1939 (Wilder House Series in Politics, History, & Culture)
Terry Martin's Affirmative Action Empire is an exceptional and unique book, indispensable for any student of ethnic politics in the Soviet Union and its successor states, notably the Russian Federation. It is unique both in its comprehensive, in-depth treatment of the evolution of the Soviet nationalities policy from its inception until the end of the 1930s and in its reliance ... Read more

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