From Peoples into Nations

A sweeping narrative history of Eastern Europe from the late eighteenth century to todayIn the 1780s, the Habsburg monarch Joseph II decreed that henceforth German would be the language of his realm. His intention was to forge a unified state from his vast and disparate possessions, but his action had the opposite effect, catalyzing the emergen

O istorie narativa cuprinzatoare a Europei de Est de la sfarsitul secolului al XVIII-lea pana astazi In anii 1780, monarhul habsburgic Iosif al II-lea a decretat ca de acum inainte limba germana va fi limba regatului sau. Intentia lui a fost sa creeze o stare unificata din posesiunile sale vaste si disparate, dar actiunea sa a avut efectul opus, catalizand emergenta