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Remembering Karelia : a family's story of displacement during and after the Finnish wars / Karen Armstrong.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Armstrong, Karen, 1946- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Russia (Federation)--Karelia.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from the Soviet Union.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Finnish.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (170 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In June 1944, after two wars with the Soviet Union, the Finnish region of Karelia was ceded to the Soviet Union.As a result, the Finnish population of Karelia, nearly 11% of the Finnish population, was moved across the new border.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Remembering Karelia
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- A Note on Sources
- Chapter 1. Event and Meaning
- Chapter 2. Subjective Meaning
- Chapter 3. Significant Worlds
- Chapter 4. Genealogical Narratives
- Chapter 5. Kinship and Nation
- Chapter 6. Wartime: A National Event
- Chapter 7. Mamma Hyvä: Meaning and Value in Letters
- Chapter 8. Towards Mythology
- Chapter 9. Conclusion: National Political Culture
- Notes
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-57181-650-X
- OCLC:
- 844717975
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