Empire of nations :
Hirsch, Francine, 1967-
Empire of nations : ethnographic knowledge & the making of the Soviet Union / Empire of nations : ethnographic knowledge and the making of the Soviet Union Francine Hirsch. - 1 online resource (388 pages) : illustrations, maps. - Culture & society after socialism . - Culture and society after socialism. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-354) and index.
Toward a revolutionary alliance -- The national idea versus economic expediency -- The 1926 census and the conceptual conquest of lands and peoples -- Border-making and the formation of Soviet national identities -- Transforming "the peoples of the USSR" : ethnographic exhibits and the evolutionary timeline -- State-sponsored evolutionism and the struggle against German biological determinism -- Ethnographic knowledge and terror.
9780801455940 (e-book)
Ethnology--Soviet Union.
Minorities--Government policy--Soviet Union.
Soviet Union--Ethnic relations.
Soviet Union--Politics and government.
Electronic books.
DK33 / .H57 2005eb
323.147/09/04
Empire of nations : ethnographic knowledge & the making of the Soviet Union / Empire of nations : ethnographic knowledge and the making of the Soviet Union Francine Hirsch. - 1 online resource (388 pages) : illustrations, maps. - Culture & society after socialism . - Culture and society after socialism. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-354) and index.
Toward a revolutionary alliance -- The national idea versus economic expediency -- The 1926 census and the conceptual conquest of lands and peoples -- Border-making and the formation of Soviet national identities -- Transforming "the peoples of the USSR" : ethnographic exhibits and the evolutionary timeline -- State-sponsored evolutionism and the struggle against German biological determinism -- Ethnographic knowledge and terror.
9780801455940 (e-book)
Ethnology--Soviet Union.
Minorities--Government policy--Soviet Union.
Soviet Union--Ethnic relations.
Soviet Union--Politics and government.
Electronic books.
DK33 / .H57 2005eb
323.147/09/04