From recognition to restoration [electronic resource] : Latvia's history as a nation-state / edited and introduced by David J. Smith, David J. Galbreath and Geoffrey Swain.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Smith, David J.

Galbreath, David J.

Swain, Geoff.

Series:

On the Boundary of Two Worlds 25.

On the boundary of two worlds : identity, freedom, and moral imagination in the Baltics ; 25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latvia--History--1918-1940.

Latvia.

Latvia--History--1940-1991.

Latvia--History--1991-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Rodopi, 2010.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

data file

Summary:

Taking its cue from the 90th anniversary commemorations of November 2008, this work explores the relationship between state and nationhood during the three phases to date in Latvia’s existence as a territorial entity: the sovereign statehood of 1918-1940; the Soviet and Nazi occupations of 1940-1944 and the ensuing half-century within the USSR; and the post-1991 period, which has seen the restoration of independence on the basis of legal continuity from the inter-war period and – latterly – accession to the European Union. The aim in relation to all three eras is to go beyond the often essentialising contours of Cold War and post-Cold War debates and reveal the underlying complexities and ambiguities of political and social development.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

From Recognition to Restoration: Latvia’s History as a Nation-State / David J. Smith , David J. Galbreath and Geoffrey Swain

Celebrating Origins: Reflections on Latvia’s Ninetieth Birthday / Andrejs Plakans

Inter-war Multiculturalism Revisited: Cultural Autonomy in 1920's Latvia / David J. Smith

Forgotten Voices: Reflections on Latvia during World War Two / Geoffrey Swain

The Deportation of March 25, 1949 in Latgale: Oral History Sources and Archival Documents / Irēna Saleniece

The Strange Death of Latvian National Communism / William D. Prigge

Latvia’s 90th Anniversary: between Partocracy and a Misconstrued Model of Liberal Economy / Veiko Spolitis

Nation in the Making? The Social Integration Process in Latvia since 1991 / Marina Germane

The Bronze Man and the Homeless Man: Performance Art in Latvia from Perestroika to Post-Soviet / Amy Bryzgel

Between a ‘Rock’ and a ‘Hard Place’: Baltic Foreign Policy after Enlargement / David J. Galbreath.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-282-79297-0

9786612792977

90-420-3099-2

OCLC:

668448247