The Reconstruction Of Nations: Poland, Ukraine,... -

The disintegration of the early modern nation and the rise of radical nationalism.

Snyder argues that early modern nationhood in the Commonwealth was based on political citizenship and shared noble status , rather than language or ethnicity. The Reconstruction of Nations: Poland, Ukraine,...

The creation of the multiethnic Commonwealth. The disintegration of the early modern nation and

The book traces how this inclusive identity was replaced in the 19th and 20th centuries by rival ethnic nationalisms , often leading to extreme violence and ethnic cleansing . The Reconstruction of Nations: Poland, Ukraine,...

is a 2003 history book by Timothy Snyder that explores how four modern nations emerged from the ruins of the multiethnic Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth . Core Arguments