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

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Hoover Institution Press, 2000 - 303 pagini

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 Moldova, a project of identity construction succeeded in creating a state but failed to make an independent nation

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Despre autor (2000)

Charles King is Professor of International Affairs and Government at Georgetown University. He is the author of five books on European history and politics. He lectures widely on eastern Europe, social violence, and ethnic politics, and has worked with broadcast media including CNN, National Public Radio, the BBC, the History Channel, and MTV. A native of the Ozark hill country, King studied history and politics at the University of Arkansas and Oxford University, where he was a Marshall Scholar.

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