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Název:		The Moldovans : Romania, Russia, and the politics of culture
Autor:		King, Charles
Rok vydání:		©2000
Identifikátory:		9780817997922

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Anotace:	<P>The first English-language book to present a complete picture of this intriguing East European borderland, <I>The Moldovans: Romania, Russia, and the Politics of Culture</I>, illuminates the perennial problems of identity politics and cultural change that the country has endured. Throughout the past two centuries, Moldova was the object of a variety of culture-building efforts from Russian, Romanian, and Soviet influences before emerging as an independent state in 1991. The author <LI>Highlights the political uses of culture—the ways in which language, history, and identity can be manipulated by political elites</LI> <LI>Examines why some attempts to mold identity succeed where others fail</LI> <LI>Reveals why, in the case of Moldova, a project of identity construction succeeded in creating a state but failed to make an independent nation</LI> </UL> "Thoroughly researched, engagingly written, and completely up to date, this is a definitive book that will long serve as the best study of Moldova in any language . . . . Its strategic and precarious location between the Balkans and the former Soviet Union and its complex ethnic composition make Moldova a fragile new nation well worth knowing about." Daniel Chirot, Professor of International Studies<P>Jackson School of International Studies<P>University of Washington <P>"An erudite and perceptive book. Required reading for all those who want to fathom the relationship between national identity, nation-building, political traditions, and cultural yearnings in one of eastern Europe's least known and understood countries. King uses historical, political, economic, and cultural approaches to challenge old stereotypes and to propose a novel, original perspective on the peoples of Bessarabia and Transnistria." Vladimir Tismaneanu, Professor of Government and Politics University of Maryland (College Park)</P>
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