The title is a quote from within the dissertation. Deep into the
story, it says,
"Once the short-lived heyday of the Freethinking Alliance had passed,
the epithet of the Bukovinian people’ remained. It was now
nostalgically referred to by some as an achievement of the Alliance
itself, as Bukowinaer Post showed in 1906 when it mourned the
deteriorating political relations in Bukovina:
'Back when the Freethinking Alliance triumphantly entered Bukovina, when
all nations and religions flocked to its banner, when the shining success
beckoned to present to the astonished and envious Empire in beautiful
Bukovina a united people of Bukovinians as a matter of pride, as a landmark,
even as the most precious possession of the land, then the necessary
conditions were readily available.'
Whether as a political achievement or as a utopian vision, ‘the
Bukovinian people’ as a category had found a way into the discourse.
When Czernowitzer Allgemeine Zeitung complained about the naive local
attitude towards politics, the article simply stated: ‘We are a
sanguine bunch’ (Wir sind ein sanguinisches Völklein)." pages 346-7
We have to read a lot more to get what the author is trying to tell us.
Shelley
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