After Empire: Multiethnic Societies And Nation-building: The Soviet Union And The Russian, Ottoman, And Habsburg Empires

by Karen Barkey, Mark Von Hagen

Overview

This volume brings together a group of some of the most outstanding scholars in political science, history, and historical sociology to examine the causes of imperial decline and collapse of the Russian, Ottoman, and Habsburg empires.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367319601
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/07/2019
Pages:	212
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Karen Barkey is associate professor of sociology at Columbia University. She is the author of Bandits and Bureaucrats: The Ottoman Route to State Centralization (1994).Mark von Hagen is associate professor of history and the director of the Harriman Institute at Columbia University. He is the author of Soldiers in the Proletarian Dictatorship: The Red Army and the Soviet Socialist State, 1917-1930 (1990). Karen Barkey is associate professor of sociology at Columbia University. She is the author of Bandits and Bureaucrats: The Ottoman Route to State Centralization (1994).Mark von Hagen is associate professor of history and the director of the Harriman Institute at Columbia University. He is the author of Soldiers in the Proletarian Dictatorship: The Red Army and the Soviet Socialist State, 1917-1930 (1990).

Table of Contents

How Empires End — The End of Empires — Collapse of Empires: Causes — Thinking About Empire — The Ottoman Empire — The Habsburg Empire — The Russian Empire — The Soviet Union — Collapse of Empires: Consequences — Thinking About Consequences of Empire — The Ottoman Empire — The Habsburg Empire — The Russian Empire — Aftermaths of Empire and the Unmixing of Peoples — Conclusion

Editorial Reviews

Scholars in political science, history, and historical sociology examine the causes of imperial decline and collapse. While the thirteen contributors warn against facile comparisons, they also urge readers to step back from the immediacy of current events to consider the possible significance of historical precedents. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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