David Kirby

The Baltic World 1772-1993 (eBook, PDF)

Europe's Northern Periphery in an Age of Change

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Produktbeschreibung

This eagerly-awaited sequel shares the characteristics of its distinguished predecessor -- wide geographical and chronological span; expert mingling of political, social and economic history; and Dr Kirby's ability to keep the separate national threads of his account from tangling as he weaves them into the broad regional picture that is his main concern. Here he tackles the contrasting experiences of Europe's northern periphery -- affluence and democracy in the north, stagnation and authoritarianism in the south -- from the French Revolution to the collapse of the USSR and beyond. This is a masterly study of a region that is far from peripheral politically to the post-Soviet world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317902188
• Artikelnr.: 41213103

Autorenporträt

David Kirby

Inhaltsangabe

Part One: The Age of Empire: "Sturm und Drang"-The Baltic in an Age of Revolution
1772-1815; Stormclouds
the revolutionary nineties
The spread of war
From Tilsit to Eidsvoll. The Baltic in 1800: Land and people- images and reality
Estates and classes
Reforming the "common people". States and Unions-1815 to the Revolutions of 1848: Constitutions of diverse kinds
Government and society 1830 - 1848
Europe's policeman. The Era of Nationalism: Points of collision
The politics of nationhood. Society in an Era of Change: Landscapes
Lifestyles
Beliefs
Work. The Age of Imperialism 1871-1905: Threatened peripheries
The break-up of the Union
Reaction and reform
Fin-de-siecle: The city
Leisure and morality
The twilight of the old order?. The End of Empire- Russia in Revolution 1905-1917: 1905
The road to war
War and revolution. Part Two: Nations and States: The New Order; Russia
Germany and the Eastern Baltic
The Repercussions of War and Revolution
Independence. The Impact of Change
c.1870-1940; Peasant into Farmer?
The Farming-Economy
Innovation
Invention and Adaptation
The Role of the State. The Interwar Years; Constitutions
government and politics in the new states
In the shadow of the Nazis
Territorial and minority questions
Memel
Danzig and the coming of war. The Tragic Decade- 1939-1950; War in the North
1939 - 1940
War in the East
1941-1945
The end of the war in Northern Europe
Division. Affluence and Welfare-Nordic States since the War; Recovery and resurgence 1945- 1960
Consolidation 1960-1973
The oil crisis and after
The resonances of change. A Baltic Renescance?; Stalin and after
Accommodation and dissent
Living with the bear
The end of empire.