Ethnicity, nationalism and the European Cold War. (©2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Robert Knight.
• Other Names: Knight, Robert, 1950-
• Contents: Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; About the Authors; Introduction; 1 The Return of the Tribes; 2 Misperceptions and Myopia?; Chapter 1 Western Perspectives on Ethnic Politics; 1 Ethnic Politics in the Cold War; 2 The 'Ethnic Revival' in Western Europe; Chapter 2 Re-thinking Ethnicity and the Origins of the Cold War: The Austrian-Hungarian Borderlands; Chapter 3 Identity, Sovereignty and the Cold War at the Italo-Yugoslav Border: Between Empire, Nationhood and Class1; 1 Alternatives to Homogeneity? 2 Competing Forms of Legitimacy and Identity at the Italo-Yugoslav Border3 Pro-Italian Newspapers: between Empire and Nation-State; 4 Pro-Yugoslav Newspapers: Between Ethnic Nations and Nations of Comrades; 4 Conclusion; Chapter 4 Kicking Under the Table: Minority Conflict Between Hungary and Romania1; 1 Introduction; 2 The Hungarian-Romanian Border; 3 The Practice of Romanian Minority Policy; 4 Hungarian Communist Reactions; 5 The Cold War and Ethnic Conflict; 6 The Hungarian Revolution and After; 7 Public Opinion and Nationalism; 8 Conclusion. Chapter 5 Insecurity and Control: Bulgaria and its Turkish Minority1 Introduction; 2 The Bulgarian-Turkish Context; 3 The Stalinist Model; 4 Overcoming Stalinism through Integration; 5 Bulgarianization in the Last Phase; 6 Conclusion; Chapter 6 South Tyrol: Ethnic Winner in the Cold War; 1 Introduction; 2 South Tyrol within the Western 'bloc'; 3 The Disappearance of Ethnic Politics?; 4 South Tyrol Returns to the International Agenda; 5 South Tyrol as a Secret Service Playground; 6 Détente and the End of the Cold War; 7 Conclusion. Chapter 7 Sorbian Ethnic Interests, the GDR State and the Cold War1 Introduction; 2 The Sorbs at the Start of the Cold War; 3 Sorbs and the SED; 4 The Cominform Dispute and Surveillance; 5 Minority and International Politics; 6 Culture and Economic Development; 7 Conclusion; Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: London New York : Continuum International Pub
• Publication Date: 2012
• Copyright Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 909.825; Ethnicity -- Europe; Nationalism -- Europe; Cold War; HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th Century; Ethnicity; Nationalism; Politics and government; Ethnische Identität; Nationalbewusstsein; Ost-West-Konflikt; Europe -- Politics and government -- 1945-; Europe; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781441151735; 1441151737; 1441150277; 9781441150271; 9781280579653
• Related ISBNs: 128057965X; 9781441150271; 9781472529312; 1472529316
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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