Ethnic Nationalism and the Fall of Empires

Taylor & Francis

Ethnic Nationalism and the Fall of EmpiresCentral Europe, the Middle East and Russia, 1914-23\nAuthor(s): Aviel Roshwald\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415178938, 978-0415178938\nSynopsis\nEthnic Nationalism and the Fall of Empires is a wide-ranging comparative study of the origins of today's ethnic politics in East Central Europe, the former Russian empire and the Middle East. \n\nCentred on the First World War Era, Ethnic Nationalism highlights the roles of historical contingency and the ordeal of total war in shaping the states and institutions that supplanted the great multinational empires after 1918. It explores how the fixing of new political boundaries and the complex interplay of nationalist elites and popular forces set in motion bitter ethnic conflicts and political disputes, many of which are still with us today. \n\nTopics discussed include:\n\n* the disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian empire\n*.