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Autore |
Snyder Timothy |
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Titolo |
The reconstruction of nations [[electronic resource] ] : Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, 1569-1999 / / Timothy Snyder |
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New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2003 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-72176-X |
9786611721763 |
0-300-12841-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (384 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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HISTORY / Europe / Eastern |
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Europe, Eastern History 20th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-349) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Machine generated contents note: Part I The Contested Lithuanian-Belarusian Fatherland --1 The Grand Duchy of Lithuania (1569-1863), I5 --2 Lithuania! My Fatherland! (1863-1914), 31 --3 The First World War and the Wilno Question (1914-1939), 52 --4 The Second World War and the Vilnius Question (1939-1945), 73 --5 Epilogue: Soviet Lithuanian Vilnius (1945-1991), 90 -- Part II The Embattled Ukrainian Borderland --6 Early Modern Ukraine (1569-1914), I05 --7 Galicia and Volhynia at the Margin (1914-1939), 133 --8 The Ethnic Cleansing of Western Ukraine (1939-1945), 154 --9 The Ethnic Cleansing of Southeastern Poland (1945-1947), I79 --10 Epilogue: Communism and Cleansed Memories (1947-1981), 202 Part III The Reconstructed Polish Homeland --11 Patriotic Oppositions and State Interests (1945-1989), 217 --12 The Normative Nation-State (1989-1991), 232 --13 European Standards and Polish Interests (1992-1993), 256 --14 Envoi: Returns to Europe, 277 --Abbreviations, 294 --Archives, 295 --Document Collections, 296 --Notes, 299 --Acknowledgments, 350 --Index, 355. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Modern nationalism in northeastern Europe has often led to violence and then reconciliation between nations with bloody pasts. In this |
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fascinating book, Timothy Snyder traces the emergence of Polish, Ukrainian, Lithuanian, and Belarusian nationhood over four centuries, discusses various atrocities (including the first account of the massive Ukrainian-Polish ethnic cleansings of the 1940's), and examines Poland's recent successful negotiations with its newly independent Eastern neighbors, as it has channeled national interest toward peace. |
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