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  title info:
    title: Baltic facades
    sub title: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania since 1945
  name:
    name part: Purs, Aldis.
    role:
      role term: creator
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2012
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: 203 pages : 3 maps ; 22 cm.
  abstract: The three so-called Baltic states, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, are commonly regarded by outsiders as a single entity. But in reality they are quite distinct countries, each one struggling to find its own place within Europe while preserving a personal identity and local traditions. 'Baltic Facades' presents a radical new reading of these states, with a fresh and up-to-date examination of their individual politics, economics and social and cultural trends. By dispelling the myth of a single, coherent Baltic identity, Aldis Purs is able to take account of the uiniqueness of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, while examining the anxities that their peoples feel about their own identities and how others see them. Giving equal weight in developments in politics, economics, and social and cultural trends. Purs develops a thematic framework that places contemporary events in a longer perspective than traditional Cold War-inspired views of the region. His book will appeal in particular to intellectually curious readers, those who seek an account of the Baltic nations that provides a strong sense of place and reaches beyond the restrictions of traditional political history.
  table of contents: Historical background -- Potemkin republics -- Soviet Union to European Union -- Economic developments -- Identity -- Prospects.
  note: Aldis Purs.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-193) and index.
  subject:
    geographic: Estonia
    topic: History
    temporal: 1940-1991
  subject:
    geographic: Estonia
    topic: History
    temporal: 1991-
  subject:
    geographic: Latvia
    topic: History
    temporal: 1940-1991
  subject:
    geographic: Latvia
    topic: History
    temporal: 1991-
  subject:
    geographic: Lithuania
    topic: History
    temporal: 1945-1991
  subject:
    geographic: Lithuania
    topic: History
    temporal: 1991-
  subject:
    geographic: Estonia
    topic: Social conditions
  subject:
    geographic: Latvia
    topic: Social conditions
  subject:
    geographic: Lithuania
    topic: Social conditions
    temporal: 1945-1991
  subject:
    geographic: Lithuania
    topic: Social conditions
    temporal: 1991-
  classification: 947.9
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Contemporary worlds
  identifier: 9781861898968 (pbk.)
  identifier: 1861898967 (pbk.)
  record info:
    record content source: UKM
    record creation date: 110929
    record change date: 20150922113528.0
    record identifier: in00002755029