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European Elites and Ideas of Empire, 1917–1957
Dina Gusejnova
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hardcover. Series: New Studies in European History. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
Who thought of Europe as a community before its economic integration in 1957? Dina Gusejnova illustrates how a supranational European mentality was forged from depleted imperial identities. In the revolutions of 1917 to 1920, the power of the Hohenzollern, Habsburg and Romanoff dynasties over their subjects expired. Even though Germany lost its credit as a world power twice in that century, in the global cultural memory, the old Germanic families remained associated with the idea of Europe in areas reaching from Mexico to the Baltic region and India. Gusejnova's book sheds light on a group of German-speaking intellectuals of aristocratic ... Read more
Who thought of Europe as a community before its economic integration in 1957? Dina Gusejnova illustrates how a supranational European mentality was forged from depleted imperial identities. In the revolutions of 1917 to 1920, the power of the Hohenzollern, Habsburg and Romanoff dynasties over their subjects expired. Even though Germany lost its credit as a world power twice in that century, in the global cultural memory, the old Germanic families remained associated with the idea of Europe in areas reaching from Mexico to the Baltic region and India. Gusejnova's book sheds light on a group of German-speaking intellectuals of aristocratic ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Series
New Studies in European History
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107120624
SKU
V9781107120624
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About Dina Gusejnova
Dina Gusejnova is a Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Sheffield. Born in Moscow, she has taught at Queen Mary University of London, University College London, the University of Chicago and the University of Cambridge, where she received her Ph.D.
Reviews for European Elites and Ideas of Empire, 1917–1957
'European Elites and Ideas of Empire, 1917–1957 has much to say about post-World War I elite attitudes toward the downfall of continental empires and postwar identity among German-speaking European elites. Rather than retreat into lives of resentment, resignation, or quiet dissolution, these men coped with the trauma of empire's end not only by re-envisioning European 'imperial' units but also by ... Read more