Russian Germans on Four Continents: Histories of a Global Diaspora

The history of Russian Germans is characterized by intensive mobility across space and time, with descendants living on four continents. This volume explores key issues of their history and present through interdisciplinary analysis, addressing institutional regimes, war and violence, and language shifts. Its interdisciplinary and geographic diversity makes it a valuable contribution to research on migration, global diaspora, and transnationalism.

Format: Hardback
Length: 356 pages
Publication date: 15 December 2023
Publisher: Lexington Books

The history of Russian Germans (Russlanddeutsche) is characterized by extensive mobility across space and time. Today, the descendants of eighteenth-century German-speaking settlers in the Russian Empire reside on four continents: Europe, Asia, and North and South America. In this volume, authors from various fields, including history, sociology, cultural studies, and sociolinguistics, examine key aspects of the history and present of this globally connected diaspora group from an interdisciplinary perspective. The contributions explore the institutional regimes and networks that have shaped and continue to influence the mobility of Russian Germans on a global scale, the impact of war and violence on their history during the "Age of Extremes," and the language shifts that have accompanied their multiple global moves. The interdisciplinary and geographic diversity of this volume makes it a valuable contribution to research on migration, global diaspora, transnationalism, and practices of belonging. By analyzing the diverse pathways of migration, entanglement, and belonging of individuals identified as "Russian Germans" in the past and present, its chapters offer fresh insights into the formation and dissolution of a global diaspora.

Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781666911718