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On their own behalf : Ewald Ammende, Europe's national minorities and the campaign for cultural autonomy, 1920-1936 / Martyn Housden.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Housden, Martyn, 1962- author.
- Series:
- On the boundary of two worlds ; 37.
- On the boundary of two worlds : identity, freedom, and moral imagination in the Baltics ; 37
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Minorities--Europe.
- Minorities.
- Europe.
- Ammende, Ewald, 1892-1936.
- Ammende, Ewald.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 413 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2014.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Why Baltic history is more difficult to write than German history
- Brave new world: enterprise and aid
- Liberal nationalist
- Becoming a minority
- Achieving cultural autonomy
- Minority interests-European interests-global interests
- Establishing the European Congress of Nationalities
- The general secretary: early optimism and its frustration
- 1929: year of the minorities
- International national community thinking and a different kind of Pan-Europe
- Critical challenges
- The new nationalist wave
- When friends won't help
- Aftermath
- Fateful context
- At Stalin's throat
- Admitting defeat
- The need for more histories of national minorities.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-405) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9042038764
- 9789042038769
- OCLC:
- 889999282
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