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The Cossack myth : history and nationhood in the age of empires /

"In the years following the Napoleonic Wars, a mysterious manuscript began to circulate among the dissatisfied noble elite of the Russian Empire. Entitled 'The History of the Rus, ' it became one of the most influential historical texts of the modern era. Attributed to an eighteenth-c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Plokhy, Serhii, 1957-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012, ♭2012.
Colección:New studies in European history.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. The Mystery
  • A call for freedom
  • The Cossack annals
  • The birth of the myth
  • Part II. On a Cold Trail
  • A noble heart
  • The Cossack prince
  • The Kyiv manuscript
  • Part III. Pieces of a Puzzle
  • A matter of time
  • Uncovering the motive
  • How did he do it?
  • The Cossack treasure
  • Part IV. Unusual Suspects
  • People and places
  • The Cossack aristocrats
  • The liberated gentry
  • A history teacher
  • Part V. Whodunit?
  • A missing name
  • Family matters
  • The rivals
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix: Cossack family networks.