{"product_id":"a-state-of-nations-9780195144239","title":"A State of Nations","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis collected volume, edited by Ron Suny and Terry Martin, shows how the Soviet state managed to create a multiethnic empire in its early years, from the end of the Russian Revolution to the end of World War II. Bringing together the newest research on a wide geographic range, from Russia to Central Asia, this volume is essential reading for students and scholars of Soviet history and politics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA State of Nations gives a very useful overview of the actual situation of American studies on empire and nation-making from the late tsarist empire to the end of the Stalin era. * Journal of Modern History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContributors Ronald Gregor Suny and Terry Martin: Introduction Part I: Empire and Nations 1: Ronald Grigor Suny: The Empire Strikes Out: Imperial Russia, \"National\" Identity, and Theories of Empire 2: Terry Martin: An Affirmative Action Empire: The Soviet Union as the Highest Form of Imperialism Part II: The Revolutionary Conjuncture 3: Joshua Sanborn: Family, Fraternity, and Nation-Building in Russia, 1905-1925 4: Peter Holquist: To Count, to Extract, and to Exterminate: Population Statistics and Population Politics in Late Imperial and Soviet Russia 5: Adeeb Khalid: Nationalizing the Revolution in Central Asia: The Transformation of Jadidism, 1917-1920 Part III: Forging \"Nations\" 6: Daniel E. Schafer: Local Politics and the Birth of the Republic of Bashkortostan, 1919-1920 7: Douglas Northrop: Nationalizing Backwardness: Gender, Empire, and Uzbek Identity Part IV: Stalinism and the Empire of Nations 8: Matt Payne: The Forge of the Kazakh Proletariat? The Turksib, Nativization, and Industrialization during Stalin's First Five-Year Plan 9: Peter A. Blitstein: Nation-Building or Russification? Obligatory Russian Instruction in the Soviet Non-Russian School, 1938-1953 10: Davd Brandenberger: \"...It is Imperitive to Advance Russian Nationalism as the First Priority\": Debates within the Stalinist Ideological Establishment, 1941-1945 Index","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766876799319,"sku":"9780195144239","price":52.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780195144239.jpg?v=1758711476","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-state-of-nations-9780195144239","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}