The Baltic World
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The Baltic World
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Author : Matti Klinge
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
The Baltic World written by Matti Klinge and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Baltic Sea Region categories.
Northern Europe In The Early Modern Period
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Author : David Kirby
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-01-14
Northern Europe In The Early Modern Period written by David Kirby and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-14 with History categories.
This is the first in a sequence of books which explores the history of The Baltic World and Northern Europe. In this period, Sweden was a major European power, occupying a central position in international politics. Her rise and decline, and the passing of regional hegemony to the new powers of Russia and Prussia, are central features in the book. Dr Kirby describes the evolving social and political systems of the principal Baltic states of the time, he gives the key events and processes in European history a new interest and freshness by showing them from the unfamiliar perspective of the northern world.
The Baltic World 1772 1993
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Author : David Kirby
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-07-15
The Baltic World 1772 1993 written by David Kirby and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-15 with History categories.
This eagerly-awaited sequel shares the characteristics of its distinguished predecessor -- wide geographical and chronological span; expert mingling of political, social and economic history; and Dr Kirby's ability to keep the separate national threads of his account from tangling as he weaves them into the broad regional picture that is his main concern. Here he tackles the contrasting experiences of Europe's northern periphery -- affluence and democracy in the north, stagnation and authoritarianism in the south -- from the French Revolution to the collapse of the USSR and beyond. This is a masterly study of a region that is far from peripheral politically to the post-Soviet world.
The Baltic And The Outbreak Of The Second World War
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Author : John Hiden
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2003-01-30
The Baltic And The Outbreak Of The Second World War written by John Hiden and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-01-30 with History categories.
This book is the first to highlight the importance of the Baltic region in the approach to war in 1939. Amid the welter of publications on the origins of the Second World War none has sought hitherto to focus on the Baltic region, where peace finally and irrevocably broke down. Central strategic and international issues of the interwar years are thus illuminated from a fresh perspective by a distinguished team of specialists that includes a number of native Baltic historians. The themes discussed by the contributors acquired renewed relevance, as the Baltic republics asserted their rejection of incorporation within the Soviet Union following the Nazi-Soviet pact of 1939. The Baltic and the outbreak of the Second World War makes an important contribution to the perennial debate on the immediate causes of the conflict, and should interest specialists in a variety of fields within international relations, modern European and diplomatic history.
Death In The Baltic
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Author : Cathryn J. Prince
language : en
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Release Date : 2013-04-09
Death In The Baltic written by Cathryn J. Prince and has been published by St. Martin's Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-09 with History categories.
The worst maritime disaster ever occurred during World War II, when more than 9,000 German civilians drowned. It went unreported. January 1945: The outcome of World War II has been determined. The Third Reich is in free fall as the Russians close in from the east. Berlin plans an eleventh-hour exodus for the German civilians trapped in the Red Army's way. More than 10,000 women, children, sick, and elderly pack aboard the Wilhelm Gustloff, a former cruise ship. Soon after the ship leaves port and the passengers sigh in relief, three Soviet torpedoes strike it, inflicting catastrophic damage and throwing passengers into the frozen waters of the Baltic. More than 9,400 perished in the night—six times the number lost on the Titanic. Yet as the Cold War started no one wanted to acknowledge the sinking. Drawing on interviews with survivors, as well as the letters and diaries of those who perished, award-wining author Cathryn Prince reconstructs this forgotten moment in history. She weaves these personal narratives into a broader story, finally giving this WWII tragedy its rightful remembrance.
The Baltic As A Multicultural World
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Author : Marko Lehti
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
The Baltic As A Multicultural World written by Marko Lehti and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Baltic Coast categories.
The end of the Cold War brought the Baltic Sea area into the limelight of political and cultural cooperation. Since then, the Baltic Sea area has gained a powerful position as a dynamic European sub-region. Still, like other similar kinds of areas defined by a sea or a river the Mediterranean world, the Black Sea, or the Danube the Baltic Sea area is hard to define and it has as many definitions as there are map-makers. The sea itself plays a central role but its influence is vague and always contingent. This book has sought to introduce multiple insights for focusing on the Baltic. All the contributions examine the question of the essence of the Baltic and the source of its unity and, in particular, concentrate on multi-culturality and multi-nationality in the Baltic context. Some of the contributions survey the whole Baltic Sea area, while others concentrate on the Baltic countries and some of them have found the Baltic in the limited environment of parish and town. The Baltic is comprehended as a label that opens stimulating possibilities for replacing nation-centrism with narratives of another kind extending beyond the current nation-states. This understanding provides opportunities for defining a multi-ethnic, multi-lingual and multi-cultural region and the diversity of identities that has existed.
The Discovery Of The Baltic
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Author : Nils Blomkvist
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2004-11-01
The Discovery Of The Baltic written by Nils Blomkvist and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-11-01 with History categories.
Nils Blomkvist discusses how the Baltic Rim was initially Europeanized between 1075 and 1225 AD. He compares the indigenous civilisations to the prevailing western European one. After the expansive Viking period, European penetration became a process of discovery. The importance of the Catholic Reform movement and its unintentional ties to the formation of an endurable commodity market are outlined. Clashes and compromises are investigated in case studies of the Kalmarsund region, Gotland and the Daugava valley. Dissimilar cases of state formation are compared: those of Sweden and Livonia. Many classical scholarly problems are revisited. A new approach to the period's narrative sources brings to life Scandinavian, German, Russian, Finno-Ugrian and Baltic attitudes and day-to-day concern in the midst of a change of epic dimensions.
The Baltic Transformed
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Author : Walter C. Clemens
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2001
The Baltic Transformed written by Walter C. Clemens and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Political Science categories.
Why isn't the Baltic region like the Balkans? Why have the Baltic republics not experienced ethnic cleansing, border wars, authoritarian rule, and social chaos? Instead, peace, democracy, and market economies have taken root since the fall of communism. Walter C. Clemens, Jr. here uses complexity theory, which analyzes the role of self-organization in complex adaptive systems, to explain the "Baltic miracle." He argues that the theory is a vital tool for understanding the remarkable strides made by Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania since 1991 in coping with the transition to partnership with the new Europe. The Baltic peoples have adapted well to the demands of democracy, a market economy, and a constructive role in world affairs. The achievements of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania in the past decade are the more amazing when considered against the hundreds of years they were dominated by Teutonic knights, Hanseatic merchants, Sweden, Russia, and the USSR. Clemens uses this history as a springboard to analyze how Balts self-organize today to meet the challenges of transition. One of the first books to apply complexity theory to a major sphere of world politics, The Baltic Transformed will provoke constructive debate with its ambitious and well-grounded analysis of not only Baltic developments but European security more generally. Despite its theoretical foundation, the book is written in a clear and accessible style that will make it invaluable for courses on comparative politics, political development, international relations, security, or transition studies.
Stories From World History
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1964
Stories From World History written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with Baltic Sea categories.
Russian Literature In The Baltic Between The World Wars
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Author : Temira Pachmuss
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
Russian Literature In The Baltic Between The World Wars written by Temira Pachmuss and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Literary Criticism categories.