Beschreibung:
Karen Barkey
"The Soviet Union was hardly the first large, continuous, land-based, multinational empire to collapse in modern times. The USSR itself was, ironically, the direct result of one such demise, that of im"
How Empires End -- The End of Empires -- Collapse of Empires: Causes -- Thinking About Empire -- The Ottoman Empire -- The Habsburg Empire -- The Russian Empire -- The Soviet Union -- Collapse of Empires: Consequences -- Thinking About Consequences of Empire -- The Ottoman Empire -- The Habsburg Empire -- The Russian Empire -- Aftermaths of Empire and the Unmixing of Peoples -- Conclusion