The Moldovans: Romania, Russia, and the Politics of Culture

by Charles King

Book Overview

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

-Highlights the political uses of culture--the ways in which language, history, and identity can be manipulated by political elites
-Examines why some attempts to mold identity succeed where others fail
-Reveals why, in the case of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081799792X
• ISBN13: 9780817997922
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Hoover Institution Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"