" Bukovyna in Ukrainian, Bukovina in Romanian and Yiddish, and Bukowina in German and Polish, this region, divided today by the Ukrainian-Romanian border, is known as the crossroads of Eastern and Central Europe. Cristina Florea explains why by presenting the history of the region in all its complexity but also its unity. An essential read for anyone interested in the history of European borderlands and the roots of modern states."-- Serhii Plokhy, author of The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine "Bukovina is destined to become a classic defying easy categorization. It is at once a regional history and several imperial and national ones, attending as much to grandiose ideals and aspirations as to material realities and unintended consequences. It is that rare work of scholarship that enlightens the reader without flattening its subject, allowing the people of this region's troubled past to live and breathe in multiple dimensions. Florea's Bukovina is infused with rigor and brilliance that track through every page."-- Holly Case , author of The Age of Questions: Or, A First Attempt at an Aggregate History of the Eastern, Social, Woman, American, Jewish, Polish, Bullion, Tuberculosis, and Many Other Questions over the Nineteenth Century, and Beyond "This book offers the first comprehensive English-language history of Bukovina.

It is simply breathtaking in its use of languages (six in addition to English) and archives (including those in Austria, Ukraine, and Israel) and in the range of sources that are analyzed (poems, novels, and jokes, as well as state-based archival collections). It is incredible that a single scholar has put together such a well-researched, nuanced, and compelling narrative."-- Kathryn Ciancia, author of On Civilization's Edge: A Polish Borderland in the Interwar World "This is a highly important book. It situates the history of a seemingly peripheral European region at the center of current historiographic debates. The scholarship behind the book is stunning. The author has an impressive command not only of the relevant languages, but also of the newest historiography."-- Joachim von Puttkamer, coeditor of The Routledge History Handbook of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century.