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The Continuation of Nationalism in Romanian Historiography1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Stephen Fischer-Galati*
Affiliation:
University of Colorado

Extract

Romanian historiography since 1944 has accurately reflected the political realities that have faced the Romanian Communist Party both its relations with the Soviet Union and its plans for the “socialist transformation” of Romania. Since the Romanian communists have based their claims to legitimacy on historical rather than on ideological considerations from as early as the “liberation of Romania from fascism,” which occurred on August 23, 1944, the essential task of Romanian historiography has been to provide a “scientific basis” for validating the varying claims advanced by leaders of the Romanian communist movement in search of legitimacy.

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Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Association for the Study of Nationalities of Eastern Europe, 1978 

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References

NOTE

1. Paper presented at the session on “The Continuation of Nationalism in East Central European Historiography” at the AAASS Convention in Washington, D.C., 1977.Google Scholar