Nested nationalism : making and unmaking nations in the Soviet Caucasus /

This book explores the politics and practices of managing national minority identifications, rights and communities in the Soviet Union, and the consequences of such efforts. Drawing on archival and oral history research conducted in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Russia (Dagestan and Moscow), it...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Goff, Krista A. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, [2020]
Subjects:	Minorities > Azerbaijan > History > 20th century. Minorities > Caucasus, South > History > 20th century. Nationalism > Azerbaijan > History > 20th century. Nationalism > Caucasus, South > History > 20th century. Collective memory > Azerbaijan > History > 20th century. Collective memory > Caucasus, South > History > 20th century. Azerbaijan > Ethnic relations. Caucasus, South > Ethnic relations.

Table of Contents:

Making minorities and national hierarchies
Territory, war, and nation-building in the South Caucasus
Defining the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
Scientists, politicians, and the production of Soviet assimilation narratives
Minority activism and citizenship after Stalin.