{"product_id":"the-near-abroad-socialist-eastern-europe-and-soviet-patriotism-in-ukraine-1956-1985-hardback-9781442631076","title":"The Near Abroad; Socialist Eastern Europe and Soviet Patriotism in Ukraine, 1956-1985 (Hardback) 9781442631076","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Near Abroad\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSocialist Eastern Europe and Soviet Patriotism in Ukraine, 1956-1985\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eZbigniew Wojnowski (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781442631076\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 18 May 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e344 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 16.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.68 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026amp;#x2018;Wojnowski\u0026amp;#x2019;s book is an excellent tool for better understanding recent (post-1989) historical and political relations between Ukraine and Poland.\u0026amp;#x2019;\u003c\/p\u003e - T.R. Weeks (Choice Magazine vol 55:05:2018) \u003cp\u003e\"Behind the filter of Soviet rhetoric…Wojnowski restores voices, representing a spectrum of attitudes, often complex and ambiguous. The result is an original, balanced, and well-organized work, a significant contribution to our understanding of the late Soviet period and the field of Ukrainian studies.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Per Anders Rudling, Lund University (Slavic Review, vol 78 no 2) \u003cp\u003e\"Wojnowski frames his monograph in a way that encourages scholars to see Soviet Ukraine the way politically savvy Soviet Ukrainians saw it, as a bulwark of Sovietness confronting a sea of suspicious Central Europeans on its borders. This perspective is important not only because it persists in today\u0026amp;#x2019;s Ukraine but also because it has been largely overlooked by scholars who, like many in the Soviet center, could never quite take Ukraine\u0026amp;#x2019;s proclamations of Soviet loyalty at face value. Wojnowski\u0026amp;#x2019;s study forces scholars to examine their own stereotypes about Soviet Ukraine by seeing it through the eyes of its not at all silent Soviet loyal majority.\" \u003c\/p\u003e - Kathryn David (\u003cem\u003eAb Imperio\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the Soviet perspective, Eastern Europe was the near abroad – more accessible than the capitalist West, yet also unambiguously foreign. Observing their western neighbours, citizens of the USSR developed new ideas about the role of states, borders, and national identities in the Soviet empire.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Near Abroad\u003c\/em\u003e, Zbigniew Wojnowski traces how Soviet Ukrainian identities developed in dialogue and confrontation with the USSR\u0026amp;#x2019;s neighbours in Eastern Europe. The author aptly challenges the dominant chronologies of late Soviet history by arguing that patriotism framed heated debates about the future of the Soviet state even amongst the rising tide of cynicism and disengagement from public life. Wojnowski\u0026amp;#x2019;s insightful analysis illuminates the mental geographies that continue to shape relations and conflicts between Russia, Ukraine and Eastern Europe to this very day. Unlike most other histories of Ukraine, \u003ci\u003eThe Near Abroad\u003c\/i\u003e does not reduce Ukrainian nationalism to anti-Soviet views and behaviours.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIllustrations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNote on Spelling and Transliteration\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOne: De-Stalinisation and Soviet Patriotism: Ukrainian Reactions to East European Unrest in 1956\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo: Friendship in the Soviet Empire: Salvaging International Socialism in Eastern Europe after 1956\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThree: The Limits of de-Stalinisation: The Prague Spring and the End of the Thaw in 1968\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFour: Making Enemies: Historical Memory and the Ethnic Foundations of Soviet Patriotism in Ukraine, 1968-1980\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Five: A prelude to perestroika: Solidarity and Soviet Patriotism, 1980-1985\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue: Legacies of Soviet Patriotism in Ukraine\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52734318739736,"sku":"9781442631076","price":43.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-near-abroad-socialist-eastern-europe-and-soviet-patriotism-in-ukraine-1956-1985-hardback-9781442631076","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}