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UNINA9910453902203321 |
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Hewitt George |
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Discordant neighbours [[electronic resource] ] : a reassessment of the Georgian-Abkhazian and Georgian-South-Ossetian conflicts / / by George Hewitt |
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Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2013 |
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1 online resource (422 p.) |
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Eurasian studies library, , 1877-9484 ; ; vol. 3 |
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Ethnic conflict - Georgia |
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Abkhazia (Georgia) Politics and government |
Abkhazia (Georgia) Relations Georgia (Republic) |
Georgia (Republic) Ethnic relations |
Georgia (Republic) History 1991- |
Georgia (Republic) Politics and government 1991- |
Georgia (Republic) Relations Georgia Abkhazia |
Georgia (Republic) Relations Georgia South Ossetia |
South Ossetia (Georgia) Politics and government |
South Ossetia (Georgia) Relations Georgia (Republic) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Preliminary Material / George Hewitt -- I. Introduction / George Hewitt -- II. History / George Hewitt -- III. Perestrojka, Glasnost′ and the Road to War in Georgia / George Hewitt -- IV. Relations with Post-Communist Georgia under Eduard Shevardnadze / George Hewitt -- V. Relations with Georgia under Mikheil Saak’ashvili / George Hewitt -- VI. Foreign Involvement / George Hewitt -- VII. Conclusions and Lessons Learnt—or Not! / George Hewitt -- Bibliography / George Hewitt -- Index / George Hewitt. |
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The 2008 Georgian-Russian war focused the world’s attention on the Caucasus. South Ossetia and Abkhazia had been de facto independent since the early 1990's. However, Russia’s granting of recognition on 26 |
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August 2008 changed regional dynamics. The Caucasus is one of the most ethnically diverse areas on earth, and the conflicts examined here present their own complexities. This book sets the issues in their historical and political contexts and discusses potential future problems. This volume is distinguished from others devoted to the same themes by the extensive use the author (a Georgian specialist) makes of Georgian sources, inaccessible to most commentators. His translated citations thus cast a unique and revealing light on the interethnic relations that have fuelled these conflicts. |
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UNINA9910458422603321 |
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Autore |
Blake Jason <1972-> |
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Canadian hockey literature : a thematic study / / Jason Blake |
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2010 |
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1-4426-9850-0 |
1-4426-9851-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (276 p.) |
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Hockey - Social aspects - Canada |
Hockey - Canada |
Sports in literature |
National characteristics, Canadian |
Electronic books. |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Hockey as a Symbol of Nationhood -- Chapter Two. The Hockey Dream: Hockey as Escape, Freedom, Utopia -- Chapter Three. Representations of Hockey Violence -- Chapter Four. National Identity and Hockey -- Chapter Five. The Family Game -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Hockey occupies a prominent place in the Canadian cultural lexicon, as evidenced by the wealth of hockey-centred stories and novels published within Canada. In this exciting new work, Jason Blake takes readers on a thematic journey through Canadian hockey literature, examining five common themes - nationhood, the hockey dream, violence, national identity, and family - as they appear in hockey fiction.Blake examines the work of such authors as Mordecai Richler, David Adams Richards, Paul Quarrington, and Richard B. Wright, arguing that a study of contemporary hockey fiction exposes a troubled relationship with the national sport. Rather than the storybook happy ending common in sports literature of previous generations, Blake finds that today's fiction portrays hockey as an often-glorified sport that in fact leads to broken lives and ironic outlooks. The first book to focus exclusively on hockey in print, Canadian Hockey Literature is an accessible work that challenges popular perceptions of a much-beloved national pastime. |
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