From Peoples Into Nations: A History of Eastern Europe

by John Connelly

Book Overview

A sweeping narrative history of Eastern Europe from the late eighteenth century to today

In the 1780s, the Habsburg monarch Joseph II decreed that henceforth German would be the language of his realm. His intention was to forge a unified state from his vast and disparate possessions, but his action had the opposite effect, catalyzing the emergence of competing nationalisms among his Hungarian, Czech, and other subjects, who feared...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691167125
• ISBN13: 9780691167121
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 968 Pages
• Weight: 3.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.4" x 6.6" x 9.3"