| Description |
xi, 251 pages : maps ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Palgrave essential histories. |
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Palgrave essential histories.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania experienced a sequence of foreign regimes, including Nazism and communism, before recovering their independence and joining the European Union. Clearly and accessibly written, this book is one of the first to provide a general overview of their histories from the stone age to the present using a comparative approach"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Europe's last pagans -- Lithuania's expansion and medieval Livonia (1290-1560) --The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the rise of Sweden and Russia (1560-1795) --The long nineteenth century Tsarist rule (1795-1917) -- The short independence (1917-1939) -- Between anvil and hammer (1939-1953) -- Soviet rule (1953-1991) -- Return to the West (1991-2008). |
| Subject |
Baltic States -- History.
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| ISBN |
9780230019416 paperback |
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0230019412 paperback |
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9780230019409 hardback |
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0230019404 hardback |
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