A Concise History of the Baltic States

by Plakans, Andrejs
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ISBN: 9780521541558
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Overview

The Baltic region is frequently neglected in broader histories of Europe and its international significance can be obscured by separate treatments of the various Baltic states. With this wide-ranging survey, Andrejs Plakans presents the first integrated history of three Baltic peoples - Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians - and draws out the common threads to show how it has been shaped by their location in a strategically desirable corner of Europe. Subordinated in turn by Baltic German landholders, the Polish nobility and gentry, and then by Russian and Soviet administrators, the three nations have nevertheless kept a their distinctive identities - significantly retaining three separate languages in an ethnically diverse region. The book traces the countries' evolution from their ninth-century tribal beginnings to their present status as three thriving and separate nation states, focusing particularly on the region's complex twentieth-century history, which culminated in the eventual re-establishment of national sovereignty after 1991.
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Author: Plakans, Andrejs
  • ISBN: 9780521541558
  • Condition: New
  • Dimensions: 8.48 x 0.88
  • Number Of Pages: 492
  • Publication Year: 2011
Language: English

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