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A Concise History of the Baltic States
Contributor(s): Plakans, Andrejs (Author)

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ISBN: 0521833728     ISBN-13: 9780521833721
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: February 2011
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe - Baltic States
- History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union
Dewey: 947.9
LCCN: 2011282315
Series: Cambridge Concise Histories
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.5" W x 8.6" L (1.70 lbs) 492 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Baltic
- Cultural Region - Russia
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Choice 12/01/2011
 
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Publisher Description:
The Baltic region is frequently neglected in broader histories of Europe and its international significance can be obscured by separate treatments of the various Baltic states. With this wide-ranging survey, Andrejs Plakans presents the first integrated history of three Baltic peoples - Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians - and draws out the common threads to show how it has been shaped by their location in a strategically desirable corner of Europe. Subordinated in turn by Baltic German landholders, the Polish nobility and gentry, and then by Russian and Soviet administrators, the three nations have nevertheless kept a their distinctive identities - significantly retaining three separate languages in an ethnically diverse region. The book traces the countries' evolution from their ninth-century tribal beginnings to their present status as three thriving and separate nation states, focusing particularly on the region's complex twentieth-century history, which culminated in the eventual re-establishment of national sovereignty after 1991.

Contributor Bio(s): Plakans, Andrejs: - Andrejs Plakans is Professor Emeritus at the Department of History, Iowa State University. His previous publications include The Latvians: A Short History (1995) and the Historical Dictionary of Latvia, 2nd edition (2008).
 
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