Ethnic relations in the Baltic reconsidered

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Ethnic relations in the Baltic reconsidered
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Amsterdam : Central European University Press, 2026.
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408 p
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Crisis, conflict and security in Central and Eastern Europe
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Acknowledgements — Introduction / Violeta Davoliūtė, Darius Staliūnas, and Bradley D. Woodworth — 1. Varieties of In-betweenness in the Borderlands of the Baltic Provinces : A History of the Term Poluvertsy (Half-Believers) / Catherine Gibson — 2. Negotiating Faith and Ethnicity: Conversions, Social Conflict, and the Russian Orthodox Clergy in Estland Province during the 1880s–1900s / Irina Paert — 3. Voluntary Associations in the Baltic Region: Accelerator or Inhibitor of Interethnic Relations? / Jörg Hackmann — 4. Living by the Border: Violence, Nation-making, and “National Indifference” in the Polish–Lithuanian Borderland, 1920–39 / Tomas Balkelis — 5. Konstantin Päts and Ethnic Minorities: The Political Trajectory of an Estonian Nationalist Authoritarian Leader / Andres Kasekamp — 6. Economic Nationalism, Minority Policies, and the 1930s in Lithuania and Latvia / Klaus Richter — 7. Nationality in Cadre Policy in Soviet Lithuania, 1944–53 / Vladas Sirutavičius — 8. Doing It the “Baltic Way”: Internationalism and the Soviet Roots of the Singing Revolution / Karsten Brüggemann — 9. Spring Flowers and Border Guards: Estonian Narratives of the Soviet Military and Border Troops / Epp Annus — 10. Exiting Empire: Civil Wars in South Caucasia versus Civil Peace in the Baltic Republics / Ronald Grigor Suny — 11. Understanding Hesitancy: The Latvian Russophone Minority and Russia’s Full-scale Invasion of Ukraine / Mārtiņš Kaprāns — 12. Anti-Jewish Violence in Interwar Lithuania: Pogroms without Genocidal Elements as a Precondition of the Holocaust? / Darius Staliūnas — 13. New Allies–Old Foes: Ethnic Relations on the Pages of the Lithuanian Press during the German Occupation, 1941–44 / Stanislovas Stasiulis — 14. The Habitus of Holocaust Reckoning during the Thaw in Soviet Lithuania Violeta Davoliūtė —15. Ethnic Relations in the Baltic Region: Complexit / Toivo U. Raun — 16. Scholarly Research on Ethnic Relations in Estonia and Latvia: A Retrospective Overview / Vello Pettai — Index.
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Socialinė istorija / Social history; Etninė istorija / Ethnic history; Etninės grupės / Ethnic groups; 1915-1918. Kaizerinės Vokietijos okupacija; 1918-1940. Lietuva tarpukario metais; 1795-1915. Lietuva Rusijos imperijos sudėtyje; 1940-1990. Lietuva okupacijų metais; Lietuva (Lithuania); Latvija (Latvia); Estija (Estonia).
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ENThis collected volume offers an original perspective on the Baltic region by examining the intricate relationships between its diverse ethnic groups from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. Rather than focusing solely on national narratives or comparisons of historical development, the book analyzes ethnic relations through the lenses of identity, governance, empire, and violence. The nearly constant redrawing of geographic borders and boundaries among communities during this period destabilized fixed identities, generating novel, hybrid ways of self-identification along with a hardening of oppositions. Innovative forms of coexistence came with violent, sometimes genocidal conflicts. The contributors explore topics such as evolving senses of belonging, the impact of imperial and Soviet rule, instances of cooperation and conflict, and the legacies of historical trauma. By incorporating new sources and interdisciplinary approaches, they update traditional understandings of nations and nationalism in the Baltic region and provide insights relevant to similar regions.

DOI:
10.5117/9789048570447
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9789048570447; 9789048570454; 9789048575091
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