Brigid O'Keeffe is Associate Professor of History at Brooklyn College, USA. She is the author of New Soviet Gypsies: Nationality, Performance, and Selfhood in the Early Soviet Union (2013).

Brigid O’Keeffe’s book on the history of Esperanto is a fascinating read ... In remarkable detail, the book tells a comprehensive history of Esperanto as a language hegemony countermovement. It should be of great interest to anyone working on topics related to language and collective identity.

• AcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsA Note on the TextIntroduction 1. A Universal Language for a Globalizing World2. Pen-Pals, Dreamers and Globetrotters3. Bolshevik Tower of Babel4. Comrades With(out) Borders5. Language Revolutions and Their DiscontentsEpilogue: The Death of EsperantoBibliography Index

Brigid O'Keeffe is Associate Professor of History at Brooklyn College, USA. She is the author of New Soviet Gypsies: Nationality, Performance, and Selfhood in the Early Soviet Union (2013).

Brigid O’Keeffe’s book on the history of Esperanto is a fascinating read ... In remarkable detail, the book tells a comprehensive history of Esperanto as a language hegemony countermovement. It should be of great interest to anyone working on topics related to language and collective identity.

• AcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsA Note on the TextIntroduction 1. A Universal Language for a Globalizing World2. Pen-Pals, Dreamers and Globetrotters3. Bolshevik Tower of Babel4. Comrades With(out) Borders5. Language Revolutions and Their DiscontentsEpilogue: The Death of EsperantoBibliography Index

Brigid O'Keeffe is Associate Professor of History at Brooklyn College, USA. She is the author of New Soviet Gypsies: Nationality, Performance, and Selfhood in the Early Soviet Union (2013).

Brigid O’Keeffe’s book on the history of Esperanto is a fascinating read ... In remarkable detail, the book tells a comprehensive history of Esperanto as a language hegemony countermovement. It should be of great interest to anyone working on topics related to language and collective identity.

• AcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsA Note on the TextIntroduction 1. A Universal Language for a Globalizing World2. Pen-Pals, Dreamers and Globetrotters3. Bolshevik Tower of Babel4. Comrades With(out) Borders5. Language Revolutions and Their DiscontentsEpilogue: The Death of EsperantoBibliography Index