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100	1		_aSchlegel, Simon, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aMaking ethnicity in southern Bessarabia : _btracing the histories of an ambiguous concept in a contested land / _cby Simon Schlegel.
246	3	0	_aTracing the histories of an ambiguous concept in a contested land
264		1	_aLeiden Boston : _bBRILL, _c2019.
300			_a1 online resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aEurasian Studies Library; _vvolume14
490	1		_aEarly Modern History and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2019, ISBN: 9789004386310
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0	0	_tFront Matter -- Acknowledgements -- Maps and Figures -- Notes -- Introduction -- Administering the Periphery from Horseback -- Persuasion and Paranoia—Romania’s Rule in Bessarabia 1918–44 -- Politically Desirable Theory and Its Way into Folk Theory -- Ethnic Minorities and Soviet Newcomers -- Post-Soviet Instability, Clientelism and the Persistence of Ethnic Boundaries -- The Narratives and Techniques that Maintain Ethnic Boundaries -- Conclusion—Delimiting Ethnic Groups as a Tool of Statecraft -- References -- Back Matter -- Bibliography -- Index of Authors -- Index of Subjects and Names.
520			_aIn Making Ethnicity, Simon Schlegel offers a history of ethnicity and its political uses in southern Bessarabia, a region that has long been at the crossroads of powerful forces: in the 19th century between the Russian and Ottoman Empires, since World War I between the Soviet Union and Romania, and since the collapse of the Soviet Union between Russia and the European Union’s respective zones of influence. Drawing on biographical interviews and archival documents, Schlegel argues that ethnic categories gained relevance in the 19th century, as state bureaucrats took over local administration from the church. After mutating into a dangerous instrument of social engineering in the mid-20th century, ethnicity today remains a potent force for securing votes and allocating resources.
650		0	_aEthnicity _zBessarabia (Moldova and Ukraine).
650		0	_aMoldovans _xEthnic identity.
650		0	_aUkrainians _xEthnic identity.
651		0	_aBessarabia (Moldova and Ukraine) _xHistory.
651		0	_aBessarabia (Moldova and Ukraine) _xEthnic relations.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _tMaking ethnicity in southern Bessarabia: tracing the histories of an ambiguous concept in a contested land, _dLeiden Boston: BRILL, 2019 _w9789004349902
830		0	_aEurasian Studies Library; _vvolume14.
830		0	_aEarly Modern History and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2019, ISBN: 9789004386310.
856	4		_zDOI: _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004408029
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