| Nationalizing a Borderland: War, Ethnicity, and Anti-Jewish Violence in East Galicia, 1914-1920 First Edition, Edition Contributor(s): Prusin, Alexander Victor (Author) |
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ISBN: 0817358889 ISBN-13: 9780817358884 Publisher: University Alabama Press OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Religion | Judaism - History - History | Eastern Europe - General |
| Dewey: 305.892 |
| Series: Judaic Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 9.1" (0.70 lbs) 198 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Nationalizing a Borderland enriches understanding of ethnic conflict by examining the factors in the Austro-Hungarian province of Galicia between 1914 and 1920 that led to the rise of xenophobic nationalism and to the ethnocide of World War II. From Russian, Polish, Ukrainian, and Austrian archival sources, Prusin argues that while the violence inflicted upon Jews during that period may at first seem irrational and indiscriminate, a closer examination reveals that it was generated by traditional negative views of Jews and by the security concerns of the Russian and Polish militaries in the front zone. This violence, Prusin contends, served as a means of reshaping the socio-economic and political space of the province by diminishing Jewish cultural and economic influence. |