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Author Bilenʹkyĭ, Serhiĭ, author.

Title Laboratory of modernity : Ukraine between empire and nation, 1772-1914 / Serhiy Bilenky
Published Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press ; Edmonton ; Toronto : Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Press, [2023]

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 596 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Between Two Empires -- From Enlightenment to Romanticism -- The Age of Romantic Nationalism -- The Age of Reforms -- The Empire Strikes Back -- Galician Exceptionalism -- New Society, Old Empire -- Politics and Culture between Empire and Nation
Summary "When the powers of Europe were at their prime, present-day Ukraine was divided between the Austrian and Russian empires, each imposing different political, social, and cultural models on its subjects. This inevitably led to great diversity in the lives of its inhabitants, shaping modern Ukraine into the multiethnic country it is today. Making innovative use of methods of social and cultural history, gender studies, literary theory, and sociology, Laboratory of Modernity explores the history of Ukraine throughout the long nineteenth century and offers a unique study of its pluralistic society, culture, and political scene. Despite being subjected to different and conflicting power models during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Ukraine was not only imagined as a distinct entity with a unique culture and history but was also realized as a set of social and political institutions. The story of modern Ukraine is geopolitically complex, encompassing the historical narratives of several major communities--including ethnic Ukrainians, Poles, Jews, and Russians--who for centuries lived side by side. The first comprehensive study of nineteenth-century Ukraine in English, Laboratory of Modernity traces the historical origins of some of the most pressing issues facing Ukraine and the international community today."-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 06, 2023)
Subject HISTORY / Europe / Eastern
SUBJECT Ukraine -- History -- 1775-1917. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139353
Subject Ukraine
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0228018587
9780228018582