The creation of national spaces in a pluricultural region : the case of Prussian Lithuania / Vasilijus Safronovas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Safronovas, Vasilijus, author.

Contributor:

Strunga, Albina, translator.

Series:

Lithuanian studies.

Lithuanian Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multiculturalism--Lithuania Minor (Russia and Lithuania).

Multiculturalism.

Multiculturalism--Prussia, East (Poland and Russia).

Ethnic groups--Lithuania Minor (Russia and Lithuania).

Ethnic groups.

Ethnic groups--Prussia, East (Poland and Russia).

Nationalism--Lithuania Minor (Russia and Lithuania).

Nationalism.

Nationalism--Prussia, East (Poland and Russia).

Lithuania--Boundaries--History.

Lithuania.

Lithuania Minor (Russia and Lithuania)--History.

Lithuania Minor (Russia and Lithuania).

Prussia, East (Poland and Russia)--History.

Prussia, East (Poland and Russia).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (462 pages).

Place of Publication:

Boston, [Massachusetts] : Academic Studies Press, 2016.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book is essential reading on the spatial concepts that two erstwhile neighboring cultures, Lithuanian and German, once associated with one physical space-a Lithuanian region in Prussia. Covering a period of five centuries, the author explores how, when, and, most importantly, why these concepts have been developed and transformed, regulating the spatial imagination of several generations. The study focuses on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, presenting the narratives, representations, and geographic conceptions of the region that existed in these two national cultures. The volume shows how knowledge about "their own" space ended up serving as a tool for both Lithuanian and German political aspirations and how it challenged the spatial concepts about this area in the previous century.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

List of Figures

Introduction

CHAPTER 1: East Prussia: An Arena for Cultural Meetings and Conflicts

CHAPTER 2: Lithuania in Prussia: Changing Concepts in the Sixteenth to Nineteenth Centuries

CHAPTER 3: Lithuania as a Peculiar Region of Germany (1850's-1910's)

CHAPTER 4: The Invention of Lithuania Minor (1870-1910's)

CHAPTER 5: Interaction of the German and Lithuanian Concepts of Prussian Lithuania in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries

CHAPTER 6: Battles over Spaces "of Their Own": Changes after 1918

Concluding Remarks

Bibliography

Index of Names

Geographic Index

Subject Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61811-525-1

OCLC:

957339739