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Framing the Ukrainian Peasantry in Habsburg Galicia, 1846-1914

Framing the Ukrainian Peasantry in Habsburg Galicia, 1846-1914 traces the development of national and social identity among Ukrainian peasants in Galicia under the Austro-Hungarian Empire from the late eighteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century. The author examines this development from various perspectives and as the result of the work and influence of political and social activists in specific villages the Sambir area of Galicia. He presents a complex expression of peasant identity based on competing visions of national, community, modern individual identity, as well as social problems and their proposed solutions. He emphasizes the role of the peasants themselves in this process by including accounts of the lives and agendas of peasants and peasant activists. This book also provides a rich source of information on the local history of the Boiko region, and in particular, the Sambir and Staryi Sambir areas of Galicia.

Andriy Zayarnyuk is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Winnipeg. He received his PhD in history from the University of Alberta. His specialized area of study is the social and cultural history of Eastern Europe in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

A recording of this Webinar presentation can be found here

Prof. Zayarnyuk’s book can be ordered on the publisher’s website: https://www.ciuspress.com/

Prof Zayarnyuk’s PhD dissertation can also be found in Library and Archives Canada:   https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/thesescanada/vol2/001/nq88073.pdf

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