Publisher:
Yale University Press, 1993. 0300055528
Published:
1993
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17737926086
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Seller's Description:
1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover). Pp. xxv + 454, illus with b&w photos and maps (previous owner's neat inscription on front paste-down).
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Seller's Description:
This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1000grams, ISBN: 0300055528.
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Seller's Description:
Used-Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket. 1993 1st edition in tight binding with B&W illustrations; top back edge of dust jacket is stained red on inner surface from cover-cover itself has almost imperceptible colour loss. Owner's name on front free endpaper; otherwise, a clean, tidy copy.
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Seller's Description:
Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket (european history, baltics) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Seller's Description:
Very Good in Very Good jacket. World attention has focused on the newly independent Baltic states of Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania, as they struggle to become politically and economically viable. In this timely book, Anatol Lieven presents an intimate and engaging portrait of the history and culture of the Baltic states from their ancient origins to their contemporary status. He explores the culture and personality of the Baltic peoples, their religious and racial differences, their relations with Russia and with the West, and their prospects for the future. Lieven begins by describing the ancient Baltic peoples, their conquest by the Christians, the evolution of the Lithuanian empire and their union with Poland, and the experience of the Baltic provinces under the Russian Empire. He then looks at the countries' first struggle for independence in 1918, the failure of democracy and the establishment of authoritarian regimes, and the Soviet annexation of the Baltic in 1940. Lieven discusses the class structure of the Baltics and the ethnic tensions that have existed between the Germans, Jews, Poles, and Russians who live there. Drawing on a wide range of sources including interviews, newspaper accounts, and his own observations, he describes and analyzes the rise of national movements in each of the three countries after Glastnost. He concludes by discussing the new constitutions and the elections of 1992, the current forces of order, the demolition of the Soviet economies, and the possibilities for democracy and Europeanization or for ethnic conflict and nationalist dictatorship.
