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Record Nr.

UNINA9910795649803321

Autore

Goff Krista A.

Titolo

Nested nationalism : making and unmaking nations in the Soviet Caucasus / / Krista A. Goff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 2021

ISBN

1-5017-5327-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (334 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

Cornell scholarship online

Disciplina

323.1475

Soggetti

Nationalism - Soviet Union

Minorities - Soviet Union

Caucasus, South Ethnic relations History 20th century

Azerbaijan Ethnic relations History 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2020.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Making minorities and national hierarchies -- Territory, war, and nation-building in the South Caucasus -- Defining the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic -- Scientists, politicians, and the production of Soviet assimilation narratives -- Minority activism and citizenship after Stalin.

Sommario/riassunto

This work is a study of the politics and practices of managing national minority identifications, rights, and communities in the Soviet Union and the personal and political consequences of such efforts.