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Making ethnicity in southern Bessarabia : tracing the histories of an ambiguous concept in a contested land
- Title
- Making ethnicity in southern Bessarabia : tracing the histories of an ambiguous concept in a contested land / by Simon Schlegel.
- Author
- Schlegel, Simon
- Publication
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]
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Details
- Description
- x, 276 pages; 25 cm.
- 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. "--
- Series Statement
- Eurasian studies library: history, societies and cultures in Eurasia ; volume 14
- Uniform Title
- Eurasian studies library ; v. 14.
- Alternative Title
- Tracing the histories of an ambiguous concept in a contested land
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Administering the periphery from horseback -- Persuasion and paranoia : Romania's rule in Bessarabia, 1918-44 -- Politically disirable theory and its way into folk theory -- Ethnic minorities and Soviet newcomers -- Post-Soviet instability, clientelism and the persistence of ethnic boundaries -- The narratives and techniques that maintain ethnic boundaries -- Delimiting ethnic groups as a tool of statecraft.
- Call Number
- JFE 20-3930
- ISBN
- 9789004349902
- 9004349901
- 9789004408029 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2019022537
- 40029432187
- OCLC
- 1101349869
- Author
- Schlegel, Simon, author.
- Title
- Making ethnicity in southern Bessarabia : tracing the histories of an ambiguous concept in a contested land / by Simon Schlegel.
- Publisher
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Eurasian studies library: history, societies and cultures in Eurasia ; volume 14Eurasian studies library ; v. 14.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Schlegel, Simon. Making ethnicity in southern Bessarabia Leiden; Boston : Brill, 2019. 9789004408029 (DLC) 2019022538
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40029432187
- Research Call Number
- JFE 20-3930