Title Guardians of the nation : activists on the language frontiers of imperial Austria / Pieter M. Judson

Published Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 313 pages) : maps Series ACLS Humanities E-book ACLS Humanities E-Book Contents Languages, territories, politicians, and people -- Schoolhouse fortresses -- Encounters on the rural frontier -- Reluctant colonists: the Südmark settlers -- Tourism to the rescue: consumption and national identity -- Violence in the village -- The first World War and beyond: the transformation of the language frontier Summary "In the decades leading up to World War I, nationalist activists in imperial Austria labored to transform linguistically mixed rural regions into politically charged language frontiers. They hoped to remake local populations into polarized peoples and their villages into focal points of the political conflict that dominated the Habsburg Empire. But they often found bilingual inhabitants accustomed to cultural mixing who were stubbornly indifferent to identifying with only one group. Using examples from several regions, including Bohemia and Styria, Pieter Judson traces the struggle to consolidate the loyalty of local populations for nationalist causes. Whether German, Czech, Italian, or Slovene, the nationalists faced similar and unexpected difficulties in their struggle to make nationalism relevant to local concerns and to bind people permanently to one side. Judson examines the various strategies of the nationalist activists, from the founding of minority language schools to the importation of colonists from other regions, from projects to modernize rural economies to the creation of a tourism industry. By 1914, they succeeded in projecting a public perception of nationalist frontiers, but largely failed to nationalize the populations. Guardians of the Nation offers a provocative challenge to standard accounts of the march of nationalism in modern Europe."--Publisher's website Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-303) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL In ACLS Humanities E-Book. Subject Nationalism -- Austria -- History -- 19th century Nationalism -- Austria -- History -- 20th century German language -- Political aspects -- Austria -- History Language and languages -- Political aspects -- History Nationalism -- Europe, Central -- History -- 19th century Nationalism -- Europe, Central -- History -- 20th century German language -- Political aspects Language and languages -- Political aspects. Ethnic relations German language -- Political aspects Language and languages -- Political aspects Nationalism 15.70 history of Europe. Nationalism. Border regions. Multilingualism. Nacionalisme -- Àustria -- S. XIX-XX. Alemany -- Aspectes polítics. Llengües -- Aspectes polítics. Nacionalisme -- Europa Central. Nationalism -- Austria -- History -- 19th century. Nationalism -- Austria -- History -- 20th century. German language -- Political aspects. Language and languages -- Political aspects. Nationalism -- Europe, Central -- History -- 19th century. Nationalism -- Europe, Central -- History -- 20th century. SUBJECT Austria -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 19th century Austria -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 20th century Europe, Central -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 19th century Europe, Central -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 20th century Subject Austria Central Europe Austria. Bohemia. Styria. South Tyrol. Àustria -- Relacions racials. Europa -- Relacions racials. Austria -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 20th century. Austria -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 19th century. Europe, Central -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 19th century. Europe, Central -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 20th century. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2006043601 ISBN 9780674274327 0674274326

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