The geography of nationalism in Russia and the USSR / Robert J. Kaiser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaiser, Robert John, author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism--Russia.

Nationalism.

Nationalism and socialism--Soviet Union.

Nationalism and socialism.

Self-determination, National--Russia.

Self-determination, National.

Self-determination, National--Soviet Union.

Indigenous peoples--Russia.

Indigenous peoples.

Indigenous peoples--Soviet Union.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (496 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2017.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The Geography of Nationalism in Russia and the USSR is an important addition to the small library of essential works on the collapse of the Soviet empire. The first attempt to construct and test broad theoretical propositions about "place" and "territoriality" in the making of nations, it examines the critical social processes underlying the formation of nations and homelands in Russia and the USSR during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Robert Kaiser finds that for the most part national self-consciousness was only beginning to supplant a localist mentality by the time of World War I. The national problem faced by Lenin was fundamentally different from the more difficult nationalist challenge that confronted Gorbachev. In Kaiser's place-based theory, the homeland, once created in the imaginations of the indigenous masses, powerfully structured national processes and international relations. "Indigenization" from below became an active competitor with nationality policies that promoted Russification, resulting in the restructuring of ethnic stratification to favor indigenes in their own respective home republics and to challenge Russian dominance outside Russia. The revolutionary changes occurring since 1989, Kaiser argues, should therefore be seen as part of a longer process of indigenization.Originally published in 1994.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Key to Map "Ethnonational Communities of the USSR"

List of Maps

List of Tables

Preface

Acknowledgments

Part One: Theoretical and Historical Framework

Chapter One. The Meaning of Homeland in the Study of Nationalism

Chapter Two. The Making of Nations in Tsarist Russia

Chapter Three. National Consolidation and Territoriality during the Interwar Period

Part Two: National Territoriality in the Postwar USSR

Chapter Four. Population Redistribution and National Territoriality, 1959-1989

Chapter Five. Social Mobilization and National Territoriality

Chapter Six. The Ethnocultural Transformation of Soviet Society: Russification versus Indigenization

Chapter Seven. Political Indigenization and the Disintegration of the USSR

Chapter Eight. Conclusions and Implications

Appendix A: Evolution of the Soviet Federal System

Appendix B: Native Language Instruction in the USSR

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780691629247

0691629242

9780691601533

0691601534

OCLC:

1016822386