ECMI Library
The ECMI Library is an independent collection of books, journals, and grey literature of more than 3,000 items covering many aspects of minority issues. The highly specialized collection offers public access to a variety of materials in more than twenty languages on interethnic relations, language and cultural diversity issues and ethnic conflict in Europe.
The Library includes a useful reference section and a considerable number of published and unpublished reports, and is especially strong in the area of minority protection with regards to international law. The ECMI Library is also unique in that it includes an ever-growing number of annual reports of Ombudsman offices around the world, which provide insight into the human rights situation in many countries. Current periodical and newspaper subscriptions reflect the multidisciplinary nature of ECMI research, and reference services are provided both in-house and for the general public.
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| Author |
Martin, Terry |
|---|---|
| Title | The Affirmative Action Empire : Nations and Nationalism in the Soviet Union, 1923-1939 |
| Parallel title / Title of generic unit | |
| Subject | 1. Minorities-Soviet Union. 2. Nationalism and socialism-Soviet Union. |
| Publisher | Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press |
| Year | 2001 |
| Pages | xvii, 496 |
| Description | The Soviet Union was the first of Europe's multiethnic states to confront the rising tide of nationalism by systematically promoting the national consciousness of its ethnic minorities and establishing for them many of the institutional forms characteristic of the modern nation-state. In the 1920s, the Bolshevik government, seeking to defuse nationalist sentiment, created tens of thousands of national territories. It trained new national leaders, established national languages, and financed the production of national-language cultural products. This was a massive and fascinating historical experiment in governing a multiethnic state. The author provides a comprehensive survey and interpretation, based on newly available archival sources, of the Soviet management of tha nationalities questions. He traces the conflicts and tensions created by the geographic definition of national territories, the establishment of dozens of official national languages, and the world's first mass 'affirmative action' programs. |
| Type | Book |
| Note | Includes bibliography and index. CONTENTS: The Soviet Affirmative Action Empire / Borders and Ethnic Conflict / Linguistic Ukrainization, 1923-1932 / Affirmative Action in the Soviet East, 1923-1932 / The Latinization Campaign and the Symbolic Politics of National Identity / The Politics of National Communism, 1923-1930 / The National Interpretation of the 1933 Famine / Ethnic Cleansing and Enemy Nations / The Revises Soviet Nationalities Policy, 1933-1939 / The Reemergence of the Russians / The Friendship of the Peoples / Glossary / Bibliography / Index |
| Language | English |
| Series | The Wilder House Series in Politics, History and Culture |
| Identifier | 0-8014-8677-7 |
| Call No. |
947 |
| Location |
Library |
How to find the ECMI Library?
The ECMI Library is accessible to staff, students and the general public at the:
Danish Central Library (next to The Schleswig Collection)
Norderstraße 59
Flensburg.
Materials from the ECMI Library may not be loaned out, but can be consulted in the Danish library on the following days:
Monday - Friday: 10 am - 7 pm
Saturday: 10 am - 2 pm
For any other inquiries, please contact the ECMI Librarian at library@
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