{"product_id":"the-making-of-the-georgian-nation-9780253209153","title":"The Making of the Georgian Nation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\". . . the best study in English to date for an understanding of Georgian nationalism.\" Religious Studies Review  \". . . the standard account of Georgian history in English.\" American Historical Review  \". . . tour de force research . . . fascinating reading.\" American Political Science Review  Like the other republics floating free after the demise of the Soviet empire  the independent republic of Georgia is reinventing its past  recovering what had been forgotten or distorted during the long years of Russian and Soviet rule. Whether Georgia can successfully be transformed from a society rent by conflict into a pluralistic democratic nation will depend on Georgians rethinking their history.  This is the first comprehensive treatment of Georgian history  from the ethnogenesis of the Georgians in the first millennium B.C.  through the period of Russian and Soviet rule in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries  to the emergence of an independent republic in 1991  the ethnic and civil warfare that has ensued  and perspectives for Georgias future.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45789846569013,"sku":"ByrdShop_0253209153","price":24.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-making-of-the-georgian-nation-9780253209153","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}