Nation-formation in comparative perspective: The Romanians of Transylvania, the Jadids of Central Asia and the Kurds of Anatolia

K. Hitchins

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Abstract

In this article, various theories about the emergence of the modern nation are investigated. The author has chosen three cases for study: the Romanians of Transylvania between the end of the eighteenth century and 1914; the Jadids, the Muslim reformers of Central Asia who represented what were to become the Uzbek and Tajik nations, in the first three decades of the twentieth century; and the Kurds of Anatolia (Turkey) between the end of the nineteenth century and the 1930s. The aim of the article is to gauge how well they fit one or another of the general theories that scholars have put forward to explain the origin and nature of nations and see what they can tell us about the process by which modern nations came into being.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)158-175
Number of pages18
JournalRevista de Etnologie şi Culturologie
Volume2008
Issue number3
StatePublished - Jul 1 2008

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