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Autore |
Snyder Timothy |
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The reconstruction of nations : 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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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xv, 367 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 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 |
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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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