The affirmative action empire : nations and nationalism in the Soviet Union, 1923-1939 / Terry Martin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martin, Terry (Terry Dean)

Series:

Wilder House series in politics, history, and culture

The Wilder House series in politics, history, and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minorities--Soviet Union.

Minorities.

Soviet Union.

Nationalism and socialism--Soviet Union.

Nationalism and socialism.

Physical Description:

xvii, 496 pages : map ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2001.

Contents:

The Soviet affirmative action empire. The logic of the affirmative action empire. The content of the affirmative action empire. An affirmative action empire. The party and the affirmative action empire. The geography of the affirmative action empire. The chronology of the affirmative action empire

Implementing the affirmative action empire. Borders and ethnic conflict. The emergence of national soviets in Ukraine. National Soviets in Belorussia and the RSFSR. National Soviets and ethnic conflict in the Soviet East. Conclusion

Linguistic ukrainization, 1923-1932. The background to ukrainization, 1919-1923. Ukrainization, 1923-1925. Kaganovich's ukrainization, April 1925-June 1926. The failure of comprehensive ukrainization, 1926-1932. Conclusion

Affirmative action in the Soviet East, 1923-1932. East and West. The cultural fund. Mechanical korenizatsiia, 1923 to 1926. Functional korenizatsiia, 1926 to 1928. Affirmative action and ethnic conflict in the industrial work place. Cultural revolution and korenizatsiia in the Soviet East.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-482) and index.

ISBN:

0801438136

0801486777

OCLC:

47075297