A Biography of No Place: From Ethnic Borderland to Soviet Heartland by Kate Brown - 2005-09-06

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2005. First PB Edition, First Printing. . Trade Paperback. Fine/Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First PPB Edition, First Printing. Trade PB in photo wraps. Fine and unmarked. xii, 308pp inc. Notes, Archival Sources, Index.

Harvard University Press, 2005-09-06. Paperback. Used:Good.

pb. New. Brand New. Ships from an indie bookstore in NYC.

Paperback / softback. New. Drawing on recently opened archives, ethnography, and oral interviews that were unavailable a decade ago, A Biography of No Place reveals Stalinist and Nazi history from the perspective of the remote borderlands, thus bringing the periphery to the center of history.

Harvard University Press, 2005 8vo (23.5 cm) XIV, 310 pp. Laminated wrappers. "This is a biography of a borderland between Russia and Poland, a region where, in 1925, people identified as Poles, Germans, Jews, Ukrainians, and Russians lived side by side. Over the next three decades, this mosaic of cultures was modernized and homogenized out of existence by the ruling might of the Soviet Union, then Nazi Germany, and finally, Polish and Ukrainian nationalism. By the 1950s, this no place emerged as a Ukrainian heartland, and the fertile mix of peoples that defined the region was destroyed. Brown's study is grounded in the life of the village and shtetl, in the personalities and small histories of everyday life in this area. In impressive detail, she documents how these regimes, bureaucratically and then violently, separated, named, and regimented this intricate community into distinct ethnic groups. Drawing on recently opened archives, ethnography, and oral interviews that were unavailable a… Read More

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Harvard Univ Pr, 2005. Paperback. New. 308 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches.

Harvard Univ Pr, 2005. Paperback. New. 308 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches.

Harvard University Press, 2005-09-06. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!