One Europe, many nations : a historical dictionary of European national groups / by James B. Minahan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Minahan, James.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnology--Europe--Dictionaries.

Ethnology.

Europe--History--Dictionaries.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (799 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Dominating world politics since 1945, the Cold War created a fragile peace while suppressing national groups in the Cold War's most dangerous theater-Europe. Today, with the collapse of Communism, the European Continent is again overshadowed by the specter of radical nationalism, as it was at the beginning of the century. Focusing on the many possible conflicts that dot the European landscape, this book is the first to address the Europeans as distinct national groups, not as nation-states and national minorities. It is an essential guide to the national groups populating the so-called Old World-groups that continue to dominate world headlines and present the world community with some of its most intractable conflicts. While other recent reference books on Europe approach the subject of nations and nationalism from the perspective of the European Union and the nation-state, this book addresses the post-Cold War nationalist resurgence by focusing on the most basic element of any nationalism-the nation. It includes entries on nearly 150 groups, surveying these groups from the earliest period of their national histories to the dawn of the 21st century. In short essays highlighting the political, social, economic, and historical evolution of peoples claiming a distinct identity in an increasingly integrated continent, the book provides both up-to-date information and historical background on the European national groups that are currently making the news and those that will produce future headlines.

Contents:

Cover

ONE EUROPE, MANY NATIONS

Contents

Preface

PRINCIPAL STATISTICAL SOURCES

Introduction

ABAZA

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

ABKHAZ

ADYGE

AGULS

AJARS

ALANDERS

ALBANIANS

ALSATIANS

ANDALUSIANS

ANDORRANS

ARMENIANS

AUSTRIANS

AVARS

AZERIS

AZOREANS

BALKARS

BASHKORTS

BASQUES

BAVARIANS

BELARUSSIANS

BOSNIANS

BRETONS

BULGARIANS

BURGUNDIANS

CANARIANS

CARPATHO-RUSYNS

CATALANS

CHAVASH

CHECHENS

CHERKESS

CORNISH

CORSICANS

CRIMEAN TATARS

CROATS

CZECHS

DANES

DARGINS

DON COSSACKS

DUTCH

ENGLISH

ESTONIANS

FAEROESE

FINNS

FLEMISH

FRENCH

FRISIANS

FRIULIS

GAGAUZ

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY.

GALICIANS

GEORGIANS

GERMANS

GIBRALTARIANS

GREEKS

GUERNSEIANS

HUNGARIANS

ICELANDERS

INGRIANS

INGUSH

IRISH

ISTRIANS

ITALIANS

JERSIANS

KABARDS

KALMYKS

KARACHAIS

KARELS

KASHUBS

KOMIS

KUBAN COSSACKS

KUMYKS

LADINS

LAKS

LATVIANS

LEZGINS

LIECHTENSTEINERS

LIGURIANS

LITHUANIANS

LIVONIANS

LOMBARDS

LUXEMBOURGERS

MACEDONIANS

MADEIRANS

MALTESE

MANX

MARIS

MESKHTEKIANS

MOLDOVANS

MONÉGASQUES

MONTENEGRINS

MORAVIANS

MORDVINS

NOGAIS

NORMANS

NORTHUMBRIANS

NORWEGIANS

OCCITANS

OSSETIANS

PIEDMONTESE

POLES

PORTUGUESE

RHINELANDERS

ROMANDS

ROMANIANS

ROMANSH

ROMS

RUSSIANS

RUTULS

SAMIS

SANJAKIS

SAN MARINESE

SARDS

SAVOYARDS

SAXONS

SCANIANS

SCOTS

SERBS

SICILIANS

SLOVAKS

SLOVENES

SORBS

SPANIARDS

SWABIANS

SWEDES

SWISS-GERMANS

SZEKLARS

TABASARANS

TALYSH

TATARS

TEREK COSSACKS

TSAKHURS

TURKS

TYROLEANS

UDMURTS

UKRAINIANS

VENETIANS

VEPS

VOLGA GERMANS

VORARLBERGERS

WALDENSIANS

WALLOONS

WELSH

ZETLANDERS

Appendix A European National Groups with 2000 Population Estimates and Major Geographic Location(s)

Appendix B European Language Groups

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610637522

9781280637520

1280637528

9781567508581

1567508588

9780313048661

0313048665

OCLC:

56119389