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Book SynopsisWinner of the 2019 CEU Award for Outstanding Research The book explores the making of Romanian nation-state citizenship (1750-1918) as a series of acts of emancipation of subordinated groups (Greeks, Gypsies/Roma, Armenians, Jews, Muslims, peasants, women, and Dobrudjans). Its innovative interdisciplinary approach to citizenship in the Ottoman and post-Ottoman Balkans appeals to a diverse readership.
Trade Review“a sophisticated exploration of the creation of Romania during the long nineteenth century, examined from the perspective of the development and evolution of citizenship […] the book is impeccably edited and handsomely produced.” Paul Michelson, in Slavic Review (2020) "Iordachi’s book on the practice of citizenship is an important work that researchers concerned with legislation as a means of social regulation cannot afford to ignore. It also provides a solid starting point for further analysis of state-building processes in the modern period." Mara Mărginean, George Barițiu Institute of History, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, in Journal of Romanian Studies issue 3.1 (2021), pp 121-3.
Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments List of Figures Introduction: Liberal Citizenship: an Interdisciplinary Approach Part 1 From the Old Regime to the Nation-State: Toward a Unified Moldo-Wallachian Citizenship, c. 1750–1858 1 The Greek “Proto-Question” and the Birth of Modern Citizenship 2 “Restoring” the Regime of Nobility Estates: Citizenship under the Organic Regulations, 1821–1858 3 The Slavery Question: Abolitionism and the Emancipation of Roma, 1831–1856 4 The Romanian Question: the Great Powers, “European Public Law” and the Union of the Principalities, 1856–1858 Part 2 Peasants into Romanians: the Construction of Romanian National Citizenship, 1859–1866 5 Emulating the Second French Empire: the State-National Citizenship Model, 1859–1866 6 Shifting to an Ethno-National Citizenship Model: the Regime of Constitutional Nationalism Part 3 Constitutional Nationalism and Minorities, 1866–1918 7 The Jewish Question: the Exclusion of Jews from Citizenship 8 The Internationalization of the Jewish Question: Actors and Networks, 1866–1879 9 Duties without Rights: Jews under Constitutional Nationalism, 1879–1913 10 The Woman Question: Gender, Property, and Citizenship 11 The Dobrudjan Question: Constitutional Nationalism and the Assimilation of a Border Region, 1878–1914 12 Liberalism Renewed: War, Civil Society, and Emancipation, 1913–1918 13 The Language of Citizenship: Imperial Legacies, Legal-Political Concepts, and Historical Time Conclusions Appendix Bibliography Index
