03563nam 2200637 450 991015862460332120200520144314.01-61811-525-110.1515/9781618115256(CKB)3710000001007536(MiAaPQ)EBC4568845(DE-B1597)541070(OCoLC)957339739(DE-B1597)9781618115256(Au-PeEL)EBL4568845(CaPaEBR)ebr11321599(OCoLC)967891251(EXLCZ)99371000000100753620170112h20162016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe creation of national spaces in a pluricultural region the case of Prussian Lithuania /Vasilijus SafronovasBoston, [Massachusetts] :Academic Studies Press,2016.©20161 online resource (462 pages)Lithuanian Studies1-61811-524-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --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 (1850's-1910's) --CHAPTER 4: The Invention of Lithuania Minor (1870-1910's) --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 IndexThis book is essential reading on the spatial concepts that two erstwhile neighboring cultures, Lithuanian and German, once associated with one physical space-a Lithuanian region in Prussia. Covering a period of five centuries, the author explores how, when, and, most importantly, why these concepts have been developed and transformed, regulating the spatial imagination of several generations. The study focuses on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, presenting the narratives, representations, and geographic conceptions of the region that existed in these two national cultures. The volume shows how knowledge about "their own" space ended up serving as a tool for both Lithuanian and German political aspirations and how it challenged the spatial concepts about this area in the previous century.Lithuanian studies.MulticulturalismLithuania Minor (Russia and Lithuania)MulticulturalismPrussia, East (Poland and Russia)Ethnic groupsLithuania Minor (Russia and Lithuania)Ethnic groupsPrussia, East (Poland and Russia)NationalismLithuania Minor (Russia and Lithuania)NationalismPrussia, East (Poland and Russia)Electronic books.MulticulturalismMulticulturalismEthnic groupsEthnic groupsNationalismNationalism305.800947/24Safronovas Vasilijus1046932MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910158624603321The creation of national spaces in a pluricultural region2474218UNINA