From the ashes of empire, the nation rose on a wave of idealism. That, at least, is the standard tale. Dominique Reill argues that empire retained many supporters after 1919. Investigating the post-WWI crisis in multicultural, urbane Fiume, she finds that the stories of empire’s cosmopolitans have been overwritten by the triumph of nationalism.


Format Inbunden Omfång 312 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Harvard University Press Utgivningsdatum 2020-12-01 ISBN 9780674244245