Ethnicity, nationalism and the European Cold War

Ethnicity, nationalism and the European Cold War / edited by Robert Knight.

This book questions the prevalent assumption that ethnicity and nationalist politics had nothing to do with the Cold War and that, far from being frozen until the fall of communism, they remained central to the conflict in Europe. Leading scholars bring their understanding of particular regions to b...

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Other Authors: Knight, Robert, 1950-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Continuum International Pub., ©2012.
Subjects:
Europa
Since 1945
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
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Table of 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.

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