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Nationalists who feared the nation : Adriatic multi-nationalism in Habsburg Dalmatia, Trieste, and Venice /

This title examines a group of community leaders and writers in Venice, Trieste, and Dalmatia during the 1830s, 1840s, and 1850s who proposed the creation of a multi-national zone surrounding the Adriatic Sea. At the time, the lands of the Adriatic formed a maritime community whose people spoke diff...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Reill, Dominique Kirchner, 1974- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2012.
Colección:Stanford studies on Central and Eastern Europe.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This title examines a group of community leaders and writers in Venice, Trieste, and Dalmatia during the 1830s, 1840s, and 1850s who proposed the creation of a multi-national zone surrounding the Adriatic Sea. At the time, the lands of the Adriatic formed a maritime community whose people spoke different languages and practised different faiths, but identified themselves as belonging to a single region of the Habsburg Empire. While these activists hoped that nationhood could be used to strengthen cultural bonds, they also feared nationalism's homogenising effects and its potential for violence.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvii, 313 pages) : illustrations, map, portraits
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780804778497
0804778493