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Esperanto and languages of internationalism in revolutionary Russia / Brigid O'Keeffe.
Author
O'Keeffe, Brigid, 1979-
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021.
©2021
Description
xi, 252 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm
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Subject(s)
Esperanto
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History
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Esperanto
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Social aspects
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Summary note
"Hoping to unite all of humankind and revolutionize the world, Ludwik Zamenhof launched a new international language called Esperanto from late imperial Russia in 1887. Ordinary men and women in Russia and all over the world soon transformed Esperanto into a global movement. Esperanto and Languages of Internationalism in Revolutionary Russia traces the history and legacy of this effort: from Esperanto's roots in the social turmoil of the pre-revolutionary Pale of Settlement; to its links to socialist internationalism and Comintern bids for world revolution; and, finally, to the demise of the Soviet Esperanto movement in the increasingly xenophobic Stalinist 1930s. In doing so, this book reveals how Esperanto - and global language politics more broadly - shaped revolutionary and early Soviet Russia. Based on extensive archival materials, Brigid O'Keeffe's book provides the first in-depth exploration of Esperanto at grassroots level and sheds new light on a hitherto overlooked area of Russian history. As such, Esperanto and Languages of Internationalism in Revolutionary Russia will be of immense value to both historians of modern Russia and scholars of internationalism, transnational networks, and sociolinguistics"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction
A Universal Language for a Globalizing World
Pen-Pals, Dreamers and Globe-trotters
Bolshevik Tower of Babel
Comrades With(out) Borders
Language Revolutions and Their Discontents
Epilogue: The Death of Esperanto
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ISBN
9781350160651 (hardcover)
1350160652 (hardcover)
LCCN
2020055613
OCLC
1202058832
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