The history of the Baltic States / Kevin C. O'Connor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Connor, Kevin, 1967-

Series:

Greenwood histories of the modern nations

The Greenwood histories of the modern nations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baltic States--History.

Baltic States.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xviii, 298 pages ; 25 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, California : Greenwood, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2015]

Summary:

Every school and public library should update its resources with these engagingly written and succinct narrative histories of the world's nations covering prehistoric times through today. Based on the most recent scholarship, each history provides a chronological narrative examining the political, cultural, philosophical, and religious continuities in the featured nation's long, rich history in an exploration of how its people came to be who they are today. Each volume includes a chronological narrative history, timeline of events, biographical sketches of key figures, glossary, and bibliographic essay. Book jacket.

Contents:

Series Foreword / by Frank W. Thackeray and John E. Findling

Timeline of Historical Events

Unknown Europe

Early History

Russian Rule, 1710-1905

The Revolutionary Era, 1905-1920

Independence, 1920-1939

World War II and the Totalitarian Experience, 1939-1953

Soviet Republics, 1953-1991

Return to Europe

Notable People in the History of the Baltic States.

Notes:

"This book is also available on the World Wide Web as an eBook"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-281) and index.

ISBN:

9781610699150

1610699157

OCLC:

899073358