From recognition to restoration [[electronic resource] ] : Latvia's history as a nation-state / / edited and introduced by David J. Smith, David J. Galbreath and Geoffrey Swain

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910828890003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam, : Rodopi, 2010
• ISBN: 1-282-79297-0; 9786612792977; 90-420-3099-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (169 p.)
• Collana: On the boundary of two worlds : identity, freedom, and moral imagination in the Baltics ; ; 25
• Altri autori (Persone): SmithDavid J; GalbreathDavid J; SwainGeoff
• Disciplina: 947.96
• Soggetti: Latvia History 1918-1940; Latvia History 1940-1991; Latvia History 1991-
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminary Material -- From Recognition to Restoration: Latvia’s History as a Nation-State / David J. Smith , David J. Galbreath and Geoffrey Swain -- Celebrating Origins: Reflections on Latvia’s Ninetieth Birthday / Andrejs Plakans -- Inter-war Multiculturalism Revisited: Cultural Autonomy in 1920's Latvia / David J. Smith -- Forgotten Voices: Reflections on Latvia during World War Two / Geoffrey Swain -- The Deportation of March 25, 1949 in Latgale: Oral History Sources and Archival Documents / Irēna Saleniece -- The Strange Death of Latvian National Communism / William D. Prigge -- Latvia’s 90th Anniversary: between Partocracy and a Misconstrued Model of Liberal Economy / Veiko Spolitis -- Nation in the Making? The Social Integration Process in Latvia since 1991 / Marina Germane -- The Bronze Man and the Homeless Man: Performance Art in Latvia from Perestroika to Post-Soviet / Amy Bryzgel -- Between a ‘Rock’ and a ‘Hard Place’: Baltic Foreign Policy after Enlargement / David J. Galbreath.
• Sommario/riassunto: Taking its cue from the 90th anniversary commemorations of November 2008, this work explores the relationship between state and nationhood during the three phases to date in Latvia’s existence as a territorial entity: the sovereign statehood of 1918-1940; the Soviet and Nazi occupations of 1940-1944 and the ensuing half-century within the USSR; and the post-1991 period, which has seen the restoration of independence on the basis of legal continuity from the inter-war period and – latterly – accession to the European Union. The aim in relation to all three eras is to go beyond the often essentialising contours of Cold War and post-Cold War debates and reveal the underlying complexities and ambiguities of political and social development.