Keywords
Ethnic unrest, nationalism, history of Nationalism
Abstract
The last fifteen years have brought an upsurge of the national and ethnic unrest that many had hoped was past. The disintegration of the Soviet Union and its alliance system poses new challenges and questions, and deprives us of the easy frame of reference within which we regarded the confusion of a small and contentious world. U oder these circumstances, it is natural that the study ofidentity should find appeal, and since the late 1970s a number of illuminating studies have appeared. Most of these studies explore the phenomenon of nationalism, seen as the most modern and widespread form of political and ethnic identity. Scholars have traced the history of nationalism within the USSR and its role in the demise of the Soviet state.
Recommended Citation
Forbes Manz, Beatrice
(1994)
"Empires and Multi-Ethnic Identities,"
The Thetean: A Student Journal for Scholarly Historical Writing: Vol. 23:
Iss.
1, Article 2.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/thetean/vol23/iss1/2
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