Vasilijus Safronovas

The Creation of National Spaces in a Pluricultural Region (eBook, PDF)

The Case of Prussian Lithuania

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Produktbeschreibung

This book deals with the spatial concepts that two erstwhile neighboring cultures, Lithuanian and German, associated with one physical space-a Lithuanian region in Prussia. Covering a period of five centuries, it explores how, when, and why these concepts have been developed and transformed regulating the spatial imagination of several generations. Vasilijus Safronovas is principal investigator at the Institute of Baltic Region History and Archaeology, at Klaip?da University. He has published widely on issues of memory, identity, and cultural contact. His recent study Kampf um Identität: Die ideologische Auseinandersetzung in Memel/Klaipeda im 20. Jahrhundert (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2015) was awarded the Immanuel-Kant-Forschungspreis from the German Federal Government.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Academic Studies Press
• Seitenzahl: 470
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781618115256
• Artikelnr.: 56998276

Autorenporträt

Vasilijus Safronovas is principal investigator at the Institute of Baltic Region History and Archaeology, at Klaip¿da University. He has published widely on issues of memory, identity, and cultural contact. His recent study Kampf um Identität: Die ideologische Auseinandersetzung in Memel/Klaipeda im 20. Jahrhundert (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2015) was awarded the Immanuel-Kant-Forschungspreis from the German Federal Government.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments List of Figures Introduction Chapter 1. East Prussia: An Arena for Cultural Meetings and Conflicts Chapter 2. Lithuania in Prussia: Changing Concepts in the Sixteenth to Nineteenth Centuries Chapter 3. Lithuania as a Peculiar Region of Germany (1850s
1910s) Chapter 4. The Invention of Lithuania Minor (1870
1910s) Chapter 5. Interaction of the German and Lithuanian Concepts of Prussian Lithuania in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries Chapter 6. Battles over Spaces "of Their Own
: Changes after 1918 Concluding Remarks Bibliography Index of Names Geographic Index
Subject Index