Guardians of the Nation

Activists on the Language Frontiers of Imperial Austria

Pieter M. Judson

  • 2007 Czechoslovak Studies Association Book Prize
  • 2007 Barbara Jelavich Book Prize, American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies

Preface

Note on Language Use

Maps

1. Introduction

2. Constructing an Imagined Frontier: Schoolhouse Fortresses

3. Encounters on the Rural Language Frontier

4. Reluctant Colonists on the Frontier: The Südmark Settlers

5. Tourists to the Frontier: Consumption and National Identity

6. Violence in the Frontier Village

7. Language Frontier and Nation State

Abbreviations

Notes

Index

  • Cover: Guardians of the Nation

Photo by Charles Devlin

Pieter M. Judson is Professor of History at Swarthmore College.