نشانه‌های خالی، تخیلات تاریخی: ملی‌سازی درهم‌تنیدهٔ نام‌ها و نام‌گذاری در مرزهای دیرین هابسبورگ (مطالعات اتریشی و هابسبورگی، جلد ۲۷)

"Set in a multiethnic region of the nineteenth-century Habsburg Empire, this thoroughly interdisciplinary study maps out how the competing Romanian, Hungarian and German nationalization projects dealt with proper names. With particular attention to their function as symbols of national histories, Ágoston Berecz makes a case for names as ideal guides for understanding historical imaginaries and how they operate socially. In tracing the changing fortunes of nationalization movements and the ways in which their efforts were received by mass constituencies, he provides an innovative and compelling account of the historical utilization, manipulation, and contestation of names"-- Provided by publisher "Set in a multiethnic region of the nineteenth-century Habsburg Empire, this thoroughly interdisciplinary study maps out how the competing Romanian, Hungarian and German nationalization projects dealt with proper names. With particular attention to their function as symbols of national histories, Ágoston Berecz makes a case for names as ideal guides for understanding historical imaginaries and how they operate socially. In tracing the changing fortunes of nationalization movements and the ways in which their efforts were received by mass constituencies, he provides an innovative and compelling account of the historical utilization, manipulation, and contestation of names"-- Provided by publisher Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Notes on Text Introduction Part I. Peasants 1. Under Ancestral Masks 2. Family Names on the Ground 3. Place Names and Etymologies from Below Part II. Nationalisms 4. Faces of the Self-Other 5. Dimensions of Family-Name Magyarization 6. Signposts over the Land Part III. The State 7. Floreas into Virágs 8. The Most Correct Ways to Spell One’s Name 9. The Grand Toponymic Manoeuvre Conclusions Appendix A. Tables Appendix B. Place-Name Index Bibliography Index