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1 online resource (333 pages) |
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On the Boundary of Two Worlds: Identity, Freedom, & Moral Imagination in the Baltics |
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On the boundary of two worlds ; 30.
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; A Special Baltic German Understanding about Finland's Autonomy in the Russian Empire? Count Fabian Steinheil as the Governor-General of the Grand Duchy of Finland (1810-1823); The "Old" and "New" Lithuanians: Collective Identity Types in Lithuania at the Turn of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries; Regional Identity in Latvia: The Case of Latgale; The Dancing Conference of Bulduri: A Clash of Alternative Regional Futures; Securing the Lives of Ordinary People. Baltic Perspectives on the Work of the League of Nations |
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The Historiography of Paul SchiemannWerner Hasselblatt on Cultural Autonomy: A Forgotten Manuscript; A Matter of Uniqueness? Paul Schiemann, Ewald Ammende and Mikhail Kurchinskii Compared; Leaders, Divided Society and Crisis. The Coup d'État of 1934 in Latvia, its Causes and Consequences; The View from the Top: German Soldiers and Lithuania in the Two World Wars; Soviet Genocide in Latvia? Conflicting Cultures of Remembrance of Stalin's Policy, 1940-1953; The Convergence of Two Worlds: Historians and Emerging Histories in the Baltic States |
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"You've got to know History!" Remembering and Forgetting the Past in the Present-Day BalticThe Unbearable Lightness of Incessant Change: The Predicaments of Modernity in Lithuania; Contributors |
| Summary |
The years from 1918 to 1945 remain central to European History. It was a breath-taking time during which the very best and very worst attributes of Mankind were on display. In the euphoria of peace which followed the end of the First World War, the Baltic States emerged as independent forces on the world stage, participating in thrilling experiments in national and transnational governance. Later, following economic collapse and in the face of rising totalitarianism among even Europe's most cultured nations, Baltic communities succumbed to nationalism too. During wartime, Baltic peoples became |
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Includes bibliographical references |
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English |
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Print version record |
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History.
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History
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history (discipline)
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HISTORY.
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Diplomatic relations
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History
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Politics and government
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Baltic States -- History -- 1918-1940. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2004001737
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Baltic States -- History -- 1940-1991. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92006091
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Baltic States -- Foreign relations -- 1918-1940.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010006448
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Baltic States -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96000103
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Baltic States
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History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Smith, David J. (David James), 1968-
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| ISBN |
9789042033160 |
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9042033169 |
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1283123258 |
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9781283123259 |
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9786613123251 |
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6613123250 |
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