| Edition |
Fourth edition. |
| Description |
xviii, 410 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm |
| Note |
Previous edition: 2009. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-398) and index. |
| Contents |
Contesting national origins : lays of ancient Rus -- The armies of Gog and Magog : myths of Ukrainian antiquity -- Neither fish nor fowl : between Poland and Russia -- The Cossacks : defenders of the wild field, defenders of the faith -- Ukraine, Russia and Rossiia -- The Habsburg alternative -- The twentieth century : peasants into Ukrainians? -- Independence : gained or gifted? -- Politics : developing the rules of the game -- Imagining Ukrainians : one Ukraine or many? -- Angels and pins : Ukrainian religion -- The IMF's red pencil : Ukraine's economic black hole -- Imagining Ukraine : towards a theory of Ukrainian geopolitics -- The Orange Revolution and its aftermath -- Yanukovych's disastrous presidency : another attempt at revolution ends in war. |
| Summary |
"This is the most acute, informed and up-to-date account of Ukraine and its people. In this fourth edition Andrew Wilson refreshes his classic work with a new chapter covering Yanukovych's presidency, the uprising on the Kiev Maidan, the Russian invasion of eastern Ukraine and the Crimea, the rise of Petro Poroshenko, and the challenges ahead."--Page 4 of cover. |
| Subject |
Nationalism -- Ukraine.
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Ukraine -- History.
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Ukraine -- Politics and government -- 1991-2014
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Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
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Ukraine. (OCoLC)fst01211738
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Nationalismus. (DE-588)4041300-7
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Ukraine. (DE-588)4061496-7
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Nationalism -- Ukraine.
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Ukraine -- Politics and government -- 1991-
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Ukraine.
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National identity.
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Government.
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Politics.
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History.
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| Chronological Term |
Since 1991
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
9780300217254 |
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0300217250 |
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