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Baltic Biographies at Historical Crossroads
ISBN-13:
9781136646669
Veröffentl:
2012
Seiten:
240
Autor:
Aili Aarelaid-Tart
Serie:
Studies in European Sociology
eBook Typ:
PDF
eBook Format:
EPUB
Kopierschutz:
2 - DRM Adobe
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Lying on the coastline of the Baltic Sea, the small but strategically well located Baltic territories have historically found themselves in the middle of many power struggles between larger states, empires and other power-holders. This book brings together life stories from five generations of Balts, living through the diverse and recurring transformations of the 20th century; occupations, war, independence, totalitarianism, and democratic rule and market economy.
1. Introduction: On Living through the Twentieth Century in the Baltic States 2. Locating Memory within History: Baltic Lives in their Context 3. Everyday Life, Power and Agency in Soviet Latvia 4. Before we Return Home: The Collective Strategies of Latvian World War II Refugees Adapting to Swedish Society 5. Working through Mature Socialism: Private and Public in the Estonians' Meaning-Making of the Soviet past 6. Tell me Your Story - Russians in Independent Estonia 7. Discussing Ethnic Identities with Russian-Speakers in Rural Estonia and Latvia 8. Exit from Communism: Career Decisions of the Lithuanian Young Communist Functionaries 9. Catching up with the West? An Insider's Perspective from Lithuania 10. Mobilizing Capitals during Transitions - the Stories of Toomas and Nikolai 11. Basic Human Values' Dynamics and Biographical Findings
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