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Empire of nations : ethnographic knowledge & the making of the Soviet Union / Francine Hirsch.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Culture and society after socialismPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2005Description: 1 online resource (388 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801455940 (e-book)
Other title:
  • Empire of nations : ethnographic knowledge and the making of the Soviet Union [Cover title]
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Empire of nations : ethnographic knowledge & the making of the Soviet Union.DDC classification:
  • 323.147/09/04 22
LOC classification:
  • DK33 .H57 2005
Online resources:
Contents:
Toward a revolutionary alliance -- The national idea versus economic expediency -- The 1926 census and the conceptual conquest of lands and peoples -- Border-making and the formation of Soviet national identities -- Transforming "the peoples of the USSR" : ethnographic exhibits and the evolutionary timeline -- State-sponsored evolutionism and the struggle against German biological determinism -- Ethnographic knowledge and terror.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-354) and index.

Toward a revolutionary alliance -- The national idea versus economic expediency -- The 1926 census and the conceptual conquest of lands and peoples -- Border-making and the formation of Soviet national identities -- Transforming "the peoples of the USSR" : ethnographic exhibits and the evolutionary timeline -- State-sponsored evolutionism and the struggle against German biological determinism -- Ethnographic knowledge and terror.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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