LEADER 03474nam 2200481 450 001 9910793401003321 005 20230803215715.0 010 $a94-012-1147-7 024 7 $a10.1163/9789401211475 035 $a(CKB)4100000007135125 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5589493 035 $a(OCoLC)889999282 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789401211475 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5589493 035 $a(OCoLC)1066198579 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007135125 100 $a20220526d2014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aOn their own behalf $eEwald Ammende, Europe's national minorities and the campaign for cultural autonomy 1920-1936 /$fMartyn Housden 210 1$aAmsterdam, Netherlands ;$aNew York, New York :$cBrill,$d[2014] 210 4$d©2014 215 $a1 online resource (429 pages) 225 1 $aOn the boundary of two worlds : identity, freedom, and moral imagination in the Baltics ;$v37 311 $a90-420-3876-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreliminary Material -- Why Baltic History is more difficult to write than German History -- Brave new world: enterprise and aid -- Liberal nationalist -- Becoming a minority -- Achieving cultural autonomy -- Minority interests?European interests?global interests -- Establishing the European Congress of Nationalities -- The General Secretary: early optimism and its frustrations -- 1929: year of the minorities -- International national community thinking and a different kind of Pan-Europe -- Critical challenges -- The new nationalist wave -- When friends won't help -- Aftermath -- Fateful context -- At Stalin's throat -- Admitting defeat -- The need for more histories of national minorities -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $aWhat form should Europe take? Should it be based on ?nation states? or ?states of nations?? On what basis should European unification proceed? Should it be an élite undertaking pioneered by statesmen elected to democratic government offices, or should true unification also demand a significant European cultural forum open to spokesmen and ?women representing the continent?s nationality groups? Was the League of Nations really such a thing? Or was it a League of States? All these questions were posed by Ewald Ammende and his fellow minority associates during the 1920s. Coming to terms with the consequences of collapsed empires and at least four years of conflict, they were forced to consider how best to re-build their continent as if it were a tabula rasa . In the process, they provided intelligent, perceptive analyses of the national and international affairs of the day, particularly as they affected Central and Eastern Europe. Their voices, reflecting their status as national minorities and a geographical location beyond the borders of the post-war Great Powers, deserve to be written more thoroughly into the history of the interwar years. Their ideas still provide food for thought even today. 410 0$aOn the Boundary of Two Worlds$v37. 606 $aMinorities-Europe 615 0$aMinorities-Europe. 676 $a305.8 700 $aHousden$b Martyn$f1962-$0881586 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910793401003321 996 $aOn their own behalf$93780378 997 $aUNINA