Ivan Franko and his community Yaroslav Hrytsak ; translated by Marta Olynyk.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Transliteration -- Abbreviations of Frequently Cited Sources -- Introduction -- 1. Austrian Galicia: Movement without Changes, Changes without Movement -- 2. The Riddles of His Birth -- 3. Early Childhood -- 4. School Years -- 5. Between the Small and the Large Fatherland -- 6. Did the Peasants Have a Fatherland? -- 7. The Turning Point -- 8. At the Forefront of the Socialist Movement -- 9. "A Journal, All We Need Is a Journal!" -- 10. Franko and His World Perception -- 11. Franko and His Peasants -- 12. Franko and His Boryslav -- 13. Franko and His Women -- 14. Franko and His Jews -- 15. Franko and His Readers -- 16. How Franko Became a Genius -- 17. A Prophet in His Own Land -- Conclusion -- Tables -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

This book brings us to the very core of the debates about nations and nationalism. It presents a microhistory of Ivan Franko (1856-1916), a prolific writer and political activist, who was an indisputable leader in forging a modern Ukrainian identity in the late Habsburg Galicia.

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