Galicia: A Multi-cultured Land.(Book review)

From: Canadian Journal of History | Date: March 22, 2007| Author: Lane, Hugo | Copyright information

Galicia: A Multi-cultured Land, edited by Christopher Hann and Paul Robert Magocsi. Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 2005. ix, 259 pp. $65.00 Cdn (cloth), $35.00 Cdn (paper).

Regionalism has been a neglected, and often taboo, topic in much of east-central Europe scholarship. It was long seen as a first step toward undermining national integrity, especially when it highlighted ethnic minorities suspected of having their own separate national aspirations. In recent ye...

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