Shatterzone of Empires: Coexistence and Violence in the German, Habsburg, Russian, and Ottoman Borderlands (Encounters: Explorations in Folklore and Ethnomusicology)

By: Larry Wolfe and Gregor Thum and Dan Diner and Theodore R. Weeks and Gary B. Cohen and Pieter M. Judson and Frithjof Benjamin Schenk and Elke Hartmann and Patrice M. Dabrowski and Robert Nemes and Yaroslav Hrytsak and Tomas Balkelis and Taner Akçam and Eyal Ginio and Keith Brown and David Gaunt and Peter Holquist and Alexander V. Prusin and John-Paul Himka and Pamela Ballinger and Myroslav Shkandrij and Paul Robert Magocsi and Kai Struve and Philipp Ther

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Synopsis: &“Anyone who studies nationalism, genocide, mass violence, or war in these regions, from the Enlightenment through the mid-20th century, needs to read [this].&”—Central European History Shatterzone of Empires is a comprehensive analysis of interethnic relations, coexistence, and violence in Europe&’s eastern borderlands over the past two centuries. In this vast territory, extending from the Baltic to the Black Sea, four major empires with ethnically and religiously diverse populations encountered each other along often changing and contested borders. Examining this geographically widespread, multicultural region at several levels—local, national, transnational, and empire—and through multiple approaches—social, cultural, political, and economic—this volume offers informed and dispassionate analyses of how the many populations of these borderlands managed to coexist in a previous era and how and why the areas eventually descended into violence. An understanding of this specific region will help readers grasp the preconditions of interethnic coexistence and the causes of ethnic violence and war in many of the world's other borderlands, both past and present.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 543 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780253006394
Related ISBNs:: 9780253006356
Publisher:: Indiana University Press
Date of Addition:: 01/09/25
Copyrighted By:: Indiana University Press
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Politics and Government
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Edited by:: Omer Bartov
Edited by:: Eric D. Weitz