Children of Rus Right-Bank Ukraine and the Invention of a Russian Nation

• Main Author: Hillis, Faith
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Ithaca Cornell University Press 2013
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: 'Little Russian' identity; 1801-1917; 19th century; czarist history; eurasian history; eurasian studies; Europe; Former Soviet Republics; HISTORY; history of the tsarist empire; HISTORY / Russia & the Former Soviet Union; late Imperial Russia; late Imperial Russian history; Nationalism; Nationalism > Russia > History > 19th century; Nationalism > Ukraine > History > 19th century; nineteenth-century European history; Political Science; Political Science & Political History; Politics and government; Relations; Russia; Russia & the Former Soviet Union; Russia > Politics and government > 1801-1917; Russia > Relations > Ukraine; Russian Civil War; russian czars; russian history; Russian History course; Russian History student; Russian History survey; russian nationalism; russian political history; russian political science; russian studies; Slavic and East European Journal; slavic studies; Slavic unity; Soviet & East European History; state-society relations under tsarism; tsarist history; twentieth-century European history; tzarist history; Ukraine; Ukraine > Politics and government > 19th century; Ukraine > Relations > Russia; ukraine history; ukraine political history; Ukrainian national evolution; ukrainian nationalism; Ukraine; Russia; ukrainian nationalism; history of the tsarist empire; Russian History course; Slavic unity; ukraine history; nineteenth-century European history; Russian History student; tsarist history; Russian History survey; Russian Civil War; czarist history; russian political history; ukraine political history; Slavic and East European Journal; eurasian studies; late Imperial Russia; russian czars; 'Little Russian' identity; russian history; late Imperial Russian history; eurasian history; russian political science; russian studies; slavic studies; twentieth-century European history; tzarist history; russian nationalism; Ukrainian national evolution; state-society relations under tsarism
• ISBN: 0801452198; 9780801452192
• DOI: 10.7591/9780801469268

InChildren of Rus', Faith Hillis recovers an all but forgotten chapter in the history of the tsarist empire and its southwestern borderlands. The right bank, or west side, of the Dnieper River-which today is located at the heart of the independent state of Ukraine-was one of the Russian empire&...

Table of Contents:

• Front Matter Table of Contents LIST OF MAPS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS NOTE TO THE READER ABBREVIATIONS Introduction 1: The Little Russian Idea and the Invention of a Rus’ Nation 2: The Little Russian Idea in the 1860s 3: The Little Russian Idea and the Imagination of Russian and Ukrainian Nations 4: Nationalizing Urban Politics 5: Concepts of Liberation 6: Electoral Politics and Regional Governance 7: Nationalizing the Empire 8: The Limits of the Russian Nationalist Vision Epilogue SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
• Cover Title Page, Copyright, Dedication Contents List of Maps Acknowledgments Note to the Reader Abbreviations Introduction Part One | The Little Russian Idea and the Russian Empire 1. The Little Russian Idea and the Invention of a Rus′ Nation 2. The Little Russian Idea in the 1860s 3. The Little Russian Idea and the Imagination of Russian and Ukrainian Nations Part Two | The Urban Crucible 4. Nationalizing Urban Politics 5. Concepts of Liberation Part Three | Forging a Russian Nation 6. Electoral Politics and Regional Governance 7. Nationalizing the Empire 8. The Limits of the Russian Nationalist Vision Epilogue Selected Bibliography Index
• Intro -- Contents -- List of Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Note to the Reader -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part One | The Little Russian Idea and the Russian Empire -- 1. The Little Russian Idea and the Invention of a Rus' Nation -- 2. The Little Russian Idea in the 1860s -- 3. The Little Russian Idea and the Imagination of Russian and Ukrainian Nations -- Part Two | The Urban Crucible -- 4. Nationalizing Urban Politics -- 5. Concepts of Liberation -- Part Three | Forging a Russian Nation -- 6. Electoral Politics and Regional Governance -- 7. Nationalizing the Empire -- 8. The Limits of the Russian Nationalist Vision -- Epilogue -- Selected Bibliography -- Index
• Acknowledgments --
• Part One: The Little Russian Idea and the Russian Empire --
• Part Three: Forging a Russian Nation --
• Contents --
• Abbreviations --
• Note to the Reader --
• Epilogue --
• 2. The Little Russian Idea in the 1860s --
• 4. Nationalizing Urban Politics --
• Index
• 3. The Little Russian Idea and the Imagination of Russian and Ukrainian Nations --
• 8. The Limits of the Russian Nationalist Vision --
• 5 Concepts of Liberation --
• 7. Nationalizing the Empire --
• List of Maps --
• Selected Bibliography --
• Part Two: The Urban Crucible --
• 1. The Little Russian Idea and the Invention of a Rus′ Nation --
• Frontmatter --
• Introduction --
• 6. Electoral Politics and Regional Governance --