Laboratory of modernity : Ukraine between empire and nation, 1772–1914 . / Serhiy Bilenky

По: Bilenʹkyĭ, Serhĭ [author]Тип материала: ТекстТекстЯзык: English (английский язык)Издатель: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2023Дата авторского права: ©2023Описание: 1 online resource (625 pages)Вид содержания: Text Средство доступа: Computermedien Тип носителя: Online ResourceISBN: 9780228018582Тематика(и): 1800-1914 | Geschichtsschreibung | Ukraine | Ukraine-Historiography | Ukraine-History-Study and teaching-CongressesЖанр/форма: | Fernzugriff | KonferenzschriftЭлектронное местонахождение и доступ: Volltext
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Cover -- LABORATORY OF MODERNITY -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables -- Preface: What Can Ukraine Teach Us about the Modern World? -- Maps -- PART ONE: UKRAINE 1772-1831 -- 1 Between Two Empires -- The Age of Enlightened Absolutism and Its Legacy -- Dynastic Empires Change Space -- The Rise of Bureaucracy -- How to Tackle Diversity? -- 2 From Enlightenment to Romanticism -- Ukrainians as Empire Builders -- Dr Frankenstein's Laboratory of Nationalism -- Heritage Gatherers, Glory Hunters -- Ukraine Begins in the East -- Old Regime under Threat: Poles and Decembrists -- PART TWO: UKRAINE 1831-1876 -- 3 The Age of Romantic Nationalism -- Another Ukraine, Other "Ukrainians" -- Inventing an Ancient and Holy City: The Rise of Kyiv -- The Making of One Nationality is the Unmaking of Others -- From Serf to Prophet: The Improbable Case of Taras Shevchenko -- Was There a Revolution in Ukraine in 1848? -- 4 The Age of Reforms -- Tradition vs. Modernization -- Liberal Interlude in Russia: The Reformers -- Liberal Interlude in Russia: The Reformed -- The Birth of the Intelligentsia from the Spirit of Reform -- 5 The Empire Strikes Back -- Poles Rebel, Act II -- "There was not, is not, and cannot be" a Ukrainian Language -- Fathers and Sons, Ukrainian Style -- From Austria to Austria-Hungary -- PART THREE: UKRAINE 1876-1914 -- 6 Galician Exceptionalism -- Ruthenians in Search of a Nation -- The Ukrainian Piedmont -- From Dawn to Dusk of the New Era -- Whose City Was It? Lviv vs. Lwów -- 7 New Society, Old Empire -- Nation of Peasants: Social Mobility and Immobility -- The Curse and Blessing of Resources -- Was Ukraine Russia's Colony? -- Society at the Crossroads -- Live Fast, Die Young: Birth, Death, Family, and Gender -- The West is the Best? Oil Boom, Rural Poverty, and Emigration -- Imperial Pecking Order: Peoples of Ukraine.
8 Politics and Culture between Empire and Nation -- The World(s) of Fin-de-Siècle and Beyond -- The Dubious Blessing of Illiteracy -- When Ukraine Learned to Read: Non-Readers into Readers -- Between Theater and Terrorism -- "People do not exist for States" -- The Un/Solved Ukrainian Dilemmas: Epilogue -- Timeline -- Notes -- Bibliographic Essay -- Index.
Сводка: Laboratory of Modernity is a history of Ukraine during the long nineteenth century, providing a unique study of its pluralistic society, culture, and political scene. In this first comprehensive study of nineteenth-century Ukraine in English, Serhiy Bilenky traces the historical origins of some of the pressing issues facing Ukraine and the international community today.

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Cover -- LABORATORY OF MODERNITY -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables -- Preface: What Can Ukraine Teach Us about the Modern World? -- Maps -- PART ONE: UKRAINE 1772-1831 -- 1 Between Two Empires -- The Age of Enlightened Absolutism and Its Legacy -- Dynastic Empires Change Space -- The Rise of Bureaucracy -- How to Tackle Diversity? -- 2 From Enlightenment to Romanticism -- Ukrainians as Empire Builders -- Dr Frankenstein's Laboratory of Nationalism -- Heritage Gatherers, Glory Hunters -- Ukraine Begins in the East -- Old Regime under Threat: Poles and Decembrists -- PART TWO: UKRAINE 1831-1876 -- 3 The Age of Romantic Nationalism -- Another Ukraine, Other "Ukrainians" -- Inventing an Ancient and Holy City: The Rise of Kyiv -- The Making of One Nationality is the Unmaking of Others -- From Serf to Prophet: The Improbable Case of Taras Shevchenko -- Was There a Revolution in Ukraine in 1848? -- 4 The Age of Reforms -- Tradition vs. Modernization -- Liberal Interlude in Russia: The Reformers -- Liberal Interlude in Russia: The Reformed -- The Birth of the Intelligentsia from the Spirit of Reform -- 5 The Empire Strikes Back -- Poles Rebel, Act II -- "There was not, is not, and cannot be" a Ukrainian Language -- Fathers and Sons, Ukrainian Style -- From Austria to Austria-Hungary -- PART THREE: UKRAINE 1876-1914 -- 6 Galician Exceptionalism -- Ruthenians in Search of a Nation -- The Ukrainian Piedmont -- From Dawn to Dusk of the New Era -- Whose City Was It? Lviv vs. Lwów -- 7 New Society, Old Empire -- Nation of Peasants: Social Mobility and Immobility -- The Curse and Blessing of Resources -- Was Ukraine Russia's Colony? -- Society at the Crossroads -- Live Fast, Die Young: Birth, Death, Family, and Gender -- The West is the Best? Oil Boom, Rural Poverty, and Emigration -- Imperial Pecking Order: Peoples of Ukraine.

8 Politics and Culture between Empire and Nation -- The World(s) of Fin-de-Siècle and Beyond -- The Dubious Blessing of Illiteracy -- When Ukraine Learned to Read: Non-Readers into Readers -- Between Theater and Terrorism -- "People do not exist for States" -- The Un/Solved Ukrainian Dilemmas: Epilogue -- Timeline -- Notes -- Bibliographic Essay -- Index.

Laboratory of Modernity is a history of Ukraine during the long nineteenth century, providing a unique study of its pluralistic society, culture, and political scene. In this first comprehensive study of nineteenth-century Ukraine in English, Serhiy Bilenky traces the historical origins of some of the pressing issues facing Ukraine and the international community today.

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