The Cossack myth : history and nationhood in the age of empires / Serhii Plokhy.

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"In the years following the Napoleonic Wars, a mysterious manuscript began to circulate among the dissatisfied noble elite of the Russian Empire. Entitled 'The History of the Rus,' it became one of the most influential historical texts of the modern era. Attributed to an eighteenth-century Orthodox...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:New studies in European history.
Main Author: Plokhy, Serhii, 1957-
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012, ♭2012.
Series:New studies in European history.
Subjects:
Ukraine > Historiography.
Istorii︠a︡ Rusov.
Istorii︠a︡ Rusov > Authorship.
Ukraine > History > Sources.
Cossacks > Ukraine > History > Sources.
Cossacks > Ukraine > Folklore.
Nationalism > Ukraine > History.
Ukraine > Relations > Russia.
Russia > Relations > Ukraine.
Imperialism > History.
HISTORY / Europe / General.
Genre:
Sources.
Folklore.
Physical Description:xi, 386 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Part I. The Mystery
  • A call for freedom
  • The Cossack annals
  • The birth of the myth
  • Part II. On a Cold Trail
  • A noble heart
  • The Cossack prince
  • The Kyiv manuscript
  • Part III. Pieces of a Puzzle
  • A matter of time
  • Uncovering the motive
  • How did he do it?
  • The Cossack treasure
  • Part IV. Unusual Suspects
  • People and places
  • The Cossack aristocrats
  • The liberated gentry
  • A history teacher
  • Part V. Whodunit?
  • A missing name
  • Family matters
  • The rivals
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix: Cossack family networks.