R. Chris Davis is an associate professor of history at Lone Star College-Kingwood.
An authoritative examination of nation building and minority
politics during some of Europe's most difficult years. Davis brings
together so many significant historical themes that the story of
these few villages makes us rethink modern European history." -
Roland Clark, author of Holy Legionary Youth: Fascist Activism in
Interwar Romania
"This transnational case study makes larger, comprehensive
arguments about Central and Eastern European nation building. It
powerfully employs theory from history, anthropology, political
science, and sociology to disentangle the conundrum of identity." -
Calin Catoi, University of Bucharest
"A remarkable combination of microhistorical richness and
interpretive acumen, this is a beautifully written study of one of
the 'little peoples lost to history,' caught between more powerful
states' self-interested attempts to dictate their identity. It
prises open the deceptively simple question 'who do you think you
are?' to reveal startling contests over the meaning of identity in
politics, language, and lived reality." - Jane Caplan, University
of Oxford
"Introduces fundamental questions of identity and belonging, asking
us to consider the importance of language, religion, territory-and,
no less, tradition and bias-as both building blocks and obstacles
to ethnic community. A major contribution to debate on the meaning
of collective identity and its deployment for political ends.
Eloquent, original, sophisticated, and persuasive." - Dennis
Deletant, Georgetown University
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