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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789919203321

Titolo

Ethnicity, nationalism and the European Cold War [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Robert Knight

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Continuum, c2012

ISBN

1-280-57965-X

9786613609434

1-4411-5173-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KnightRobert

Disciplina

909.825

Soggetti

Ethnicity - Europe - History

Nationalism - Europe - History

Cold War - Influence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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 DeĢtente 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

Sommario/riassunto

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 bear on the wider issue of why ethnic explanations were written out of the discourse and whether this was a failure on the part of Western observers. This in turn has led to an overly simple understanding of power flowing downwards, from superpower to nation state and from state to society. Engaging