Ethnic relations in the Baltic reconsidered / edited by Bradley Woodworth, Violeta Davoliute, Darius Staliunas.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Woodworth, Bradley, editor.

Davoliūtė, Violeta, 1967- editor.

Staliūnas, Darius, editor.

Series:

Crisis, Conflict and Security in Central and Eastern Europe - CEU Press.

Crisis, Conflict and Security in Central and Eastern Europe - CEU Press

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnicity--Baltic States.

Ethnicity.

Baltic States--Ethnic relations.

Baltic States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (376 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Central European University Press, [2026]

Summary:

This collected volume offers an original perspective on the Baltic region by examining the intricate relationships between its diverse ethnic groups from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. Rather than focusing solely on national narratives or comparisons of historical development, the book analyzes ethnic relations through the lenses of identity, governance, empire, and violence. The nearly constant redrawing of geographic borders and boundaries among communities during this period destabilized fixed identities, generating novel, hybrid ways of self-identification along with a hardening of oppositions. Innovative forms of coexistence came with violent, sometimes genocidal conflicts. The contributors explore topics such as evolving senses of belonging, the impact of imperial and Soviet rule, instances of cooperation and conflict, and the legacies of historical trauma. By incorporating new sources and interdisciplinary approaches, they update traditional understandings of nations and nationalism in the Baltic region and provide insights relevant to similar regions.

Contents:

Introduction Acknowledgements Identities: Ascribed, Contested, and Situational 1. Catherine Gibson, Varieties of In-Betweenness in the Borderlands of the Baltic Provinces: A History of the Term Poluvertsy (Half-Believers) 2. Irina Paert, Negotiating Faith and Ethnicity: Conversions, Social Conflict and the Russian Orthodox Clergy in Estland Province during the 1880s-1900s 3. J̲rg Hackmann, Voluntary Associations in the Baltic Region. Accelerator or Inhibitor of Inter-Ethnic Relations? 4. Tomas Balkelis, Living by the Border: Violence, Nation-Making and "National Indifference" in the Polish-Lithuanian Borderland, 1920-1939 Crisis and Governance 5. Andres Kasekamp, Konstantin P̃ts and Ethnic Minorities: The Political Trajectory of an Estonian Nationalist Authoritarian Leader 6. Klaus Richter, Economic Nationalism, Minority Policies, and the 1930s in Lithuania and Latvia 7. Vladas Sirutavi.ius, Nationality in Cadre Policy in Soviet Lithuania, 1944-1953 8. Karsten Brggemann, Doing It the "Baltic Way": Internationalism and the Soviet Roots of the Singing Revolution Legacy of Empire 9. Epp Annus, Spring Flowers and Border Guards: Estonian Narratives of the Soviet Military and Border Troops 10. Ronald Grigor Suny, Exiting Empire: Civil Wars in South Caucasia Versus Civil Peace in the Baltic Republics 11. M.rti.. Kapr.ns, Understanding Hesitancy: The Latvian Russophone Minority and Russia's Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine Legacy of Violence 12. Darius Stali.nas, Anti-Jewish Violence in Interwar Lithuania: Pogroms Without Genocidal Elements as a Precondition of the Holocaust? 13. Stanislovas Stasiulis, New Allies

Old Foes: Ethnic Relations on the Pages of Lithuanian Press during the German Occupation, 1941-1944 14. Violeta Davoli.t., The Habitus of Holocaust Reckoning during the Thaw in Soviet Lithuania State of the Field and Pointing the Way Forward 15. Toivo U. Raun, Ethnic Relations in the Baltic Region: Complexity and Coexistence 16. Vello Pettai, Scholarly Research on Ethnic Relations in Estonia and Latvia: A Retrospective Overview Contributors

Notes:

"Amsterdam University Press"

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OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

90-485-7509-5

90-485-7045-X

1-003-75645-X

OCLC:

1581840688