History of the Baltic States

Name: History of the Baltic States
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ISBN: 9780230019416

ISBN-10: 0230019412

ISBN-13: 9780230019416

Edition: 2010

Authors: Andres Kasekamp

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Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania experienced a sequence of foreign regimes, including Nazism and communism, before recovering their independence and joining the European Union. Clearly and accessibly written, this book is one of the first to provide a general overview of their histories from the stone age to the present using a comparative approach.

Book details

List price: $31.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date: 9/1/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 296
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



List of Maps and Tables


Preface



Europe's Last Pagans


Early inhabitants


Prehistoric societies


The northern crusades



Lithuania's Expansion and Medieval Livonia (1290-1560)


Lithuania ascending


Jogaila and Vytautas


The Jagiellonians


Feudal Livonia


Towns, trade and the peasantry


The Reformation and the disintegration of Livonia



The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Rise of Sweden and Russia (1561-1795)


The Polish-Lithuanian union and the struggle for hegemony in Livonia


Swedish dominance and the Great Northern War


Russia's window to the West


The decline and partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth



The Long Nineteenth Century under Tsarist Rule (1795-1917)


Agrarian reforms in the Baltic provinces


Lithuania within the Russian Empire


National awakenings


Russification and modernisation


The Revolution of 1905 and World War I



The Short Era of Independence (1917-1939)


The Russian Revolution and German occupation


The wars of independence


From democracy to authoritarianism


Economic, social and cultural progress


In search of security



Between Anvil and Hammer (1939-1953)


Soviet annexation


Nazi Ostland


Fighting in foreign uniform


Resistance, repression and collectivisation



Soviet Rule (1953-1991)


Thaw


Stagnation


The Singing Revolution


Towards independence



Return to the West (1991-2009)


Building democracy


Politics in the twenty-first century


Economic reforms


Societal transition


Return to Europe


Relations with Russia


Notes


Chronology


Place Names


Further Reading


Index