{"product_id":"workers-and-nationalism-jakub-s-benes-9780198789291","title":"Workers and Nationalism: Czech and German Social Democracy in Habsburg Austria, 1890-1918","description":"Internationalist socialism and ethnic nationalism are usually thought of as polar opposites. But for the millions of men and women who made Social Democracy into twentieth-century Europe's most potent political force, they were often mutually reinforcing. \u003cem\u003eWorkers and Nationalism\u003c\/em\u003e explains this\u003cbr\u003eapparent paradox by looking at the history of the Social Democratic workers' movement in Habsburg Austria, which was built on the mobilization of German and Czech workers in the Empire's rapidly industrializing regions of Bohemia, Moravia, and Lower Austria. Jakub Benes takes the history of\u003cbr\u003esocialism out of the realm of theoretical and parliamentary debates and into the streets, city squares, pubs, and clubs of a vibrant but precarious multi-ethnic society. He reveals how ordinary workers became increasingly nationalist as they came to believe that they were the genuine representatives\u003cbr\u003eof their ethnic national communities. Their successful campaign to democratize parliamentary elections in 1905-1907 accelerated such thinking rapidly. It also split Social Democracy apart by 1911. Then, during the First World War, many Czech and German workers embraced revolutionary radicalism, \u003cbr\u003ealienating them from the regime-friendly socialist leadership. Benes's study is the first to show the profound connection between major political events and the rich culture of the Austrian workers' movement, revealing this culture's utopian and quasi-religious tendencies as well as its left\u003cbr\u003epopulist nationalism. Based on research in eight archives and numerous libraries in Prague, Vienna, and Brno, \u003cem\u003eWorkers and Nationalism\u003c\/em\u003e fundamentally rethinks the relationship between socialism, nationalism, and democracy in modern Europe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jakub S. Benes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198789297\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198789291\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/08\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 5.90w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2017","brand":"Jakub S. Benes","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48658830229759,"sku":"9780198789291","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/workers-and-nationalism-jakub-s-benes-9780198789291","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}