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Patterns Of Civil Society In A Modernizing Multiethnic City: A German Town In The Russian Empire Becomes Estonian, Bradley Woodworth
Patterns Of Civil Society In A Modernizing Multiethnic City: A German Town In The Russian Empire Becomes Estonian, Bradley Woodworth
History Faculty Publications
In his article Bradley Woodworth examines the nationalization of a multiethnic provincial town in the Russian Empire -- Tallinn (Ger. Reval, Rus. Revel') -- in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century, seeing it as part of the process of territorialization of national communities. At the center of this study is the development of civil society, the activities of professional and associational groups and local city government. The author argues that unlike earlier histories of the region, all three major ethnic groups (Baltic Germans, Estonians, and Russians) developed socially in similar ways. Overall, during this the dominance of social …
Socialism In Georgian Colors: The European Road To Social Democracy 1883-1917, Austin Jersild
Socialism In Georgian Colors: The European Road To Social Democracy 1883-1917, Austin Jersild
History Faculty Publications
The Russian Empire was composed of diverse nationalities, as was the revolutionary movement that sought to overthrow it. Georgians played a prominent role in both the evolution of the empire and the revolutionary movement. Russia offered Georgians protection from nearby Islamic states, an administrative and military alliance against the enduring mountain insurgency in the North Caucasus, and institutional and intellectual resources in their historic struggle to build a nation and overcome regional fragmentation.