Galicia - A Multicultured land (Paperback)

Habsburg Galicia was an area in central Europe covering territory presently occupied by Poland and Ukraine that was distinctive for its multi-ethnic character. With the unravelling of the Austro-Hungarian Empire following the First World War, a new political map of Europe emerged, one based on the principle of the nation-state. The very concept of the nation-state, however, was problematic in culturally pluralistic regions like Galicia. The essays in this volume examine Galicia beyond the traditional paradigm of national history, in an effort to better understand the region as a place where different ethnic communities - Poles, Ukrainians, Jews, Austro-Germans - lived in peaceful co-existence. As expansion of the European Union proceeds, as migration becomes increasingly prevalent, and as the very concept of the nation-state is called into question, a look back to see how cultural diversity was managed in a pre-nationalist age is of more than antiquarian interest. The contributors to this multidisciplinary volume pursue a wide range of approaches to shed fresh light on this unique region.

General

Imprint:	University of Toronto Press
Country of origin:	Canada
Release date:	December 2005
First published:	May 2005
Editors:	Christopher Hann • Paul Robert Magocsi
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	260
ISBN-13:	978-0-8020-3781-7
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > History > European history > General
LSN:	0-8020-3781-X
Barcode:	9780802037817

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