Guardians of the Nation Activists on the Language Frontiers of Imperial Austria

Name: Guardians of the Nation Activists on the Language Frontiers of Imperial Austria
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ISBN: 9780674023253

ISBN-10: 0674023250

ISBN-13: 9780674023253

Edition: 2006

Authors: Pieter M. Judson

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In the decades leading up to World War I, nationalist activists in imperial Austria labored to transform linguistically mixed rural regions into politically charged language frontiers. They hoped to remake local populations into polarized peoples and their villages into focal points of the political conflict that dominated the Habsburg Empire. But they often found bilingual inhabitants accustomed to cultural mixing who were stubbornly indifferent to identifying with only one group. Using examples from several regions, including Bohemia and Styria, Pieter Judson traces the struggle to consolidate the loyalty of local populations for nationalist causes. Whether German, Czech, Italian, or…

Book details

List price: $80.50
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 1/1/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 270
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.45" long x 1.04" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English

Pieter M. Judson is Professor of History at Swarthmore College.



Preface


Note on Language Use


Maps



Languages, Territories, Politicians, and People



Schoolhouse Fortresses



Encounters on the Rural Frontier



Reluctant Colonists: The Sudmark Settlers



Tourism to the Rescue: Consumption and National Identity



Violence in the Village



The First World War and Beyond: The Transformation of the Language Frontier


Abbreviations


Notes


Index