A Contested Borderland

Competing Russian and Romanian Visions of Bessarabia in the Second Half of the 19th and Early 20th Century
Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-963-386-159-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 350 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 658 g

Reihe: Historical Studies in Eastern Europe and Eurasia - CEU Press

Bessarabia, mostly occupied by modern-day republic of Moldova, was the only territory representing an object of rivalry and symbolic competition between the Russian Empire and a fully crystallized nation-state: the Kingdom of Romania. This book is an intellectual prehistory of the Bessarabian problem, focusing on the antagonism of the national and imperial visions of this contested periphery. Through a critical reassessment and revision of the traditional historical narratives, the study argues that Bessarabia was claimed not just by two opposing projects of 'symbolic inclusion', but also by two alternative and theoretically antagonistic models of political legitimacy. By transcending the national lens of Bessarabian / Moldovan history and viewing it in the broader Eurasian comparative context, the book responds to the growing tendency in recent historiography to focus on the peripheries in order to better understand the functioning of national and imperial states in the modern era.

Zielgruppe

Academic

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cusco, Andrei

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction, Conceptual Framework and Historiographical Overview, Chronological and Thematic Structure of the Book, I. Empire- and Nation-Building in Russia and Romania, II. Southern Bessarabia as an Imperial Borderland, III. Rituals of Nation and Empire in Early Twentieth-Century Bessarabia, IV. Three Hypostases of the Bessarabian Refugee, V. Revolution, War, and the Bessarabian Question: Russian and Romanian Perspectives, Conclusion, Instead of an Epilogue: Autonomy, Federalism, or National Unification (1917-18)?, Bibliography, Index

Über Autor(innen)

Andrei Cusco is Director of the Center for Empire Studies at the Department of History and Philosophy within Moldova State University.