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The Baltic : a history /

The Baltic is an overview of the region as a whole that deals with politics, trade and cultures. The book is organized into ten chronological, roughly thematic chapters, with each chapter beginning with a vignette (focus) centered on a place with particular significance to the era under discussion....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: North, Michael, 1954- (Author)
Other Authors: Kronenberg, Kenneth, 1946- (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Baltic States > History.
Baltic States > Commerce.
Baltic States > Civilization.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : trade and cultures
  • Vikings, Slavs, and Balts
  • The Christian mission and the settlement of the land
  • The Hanseatic League and the monarchies
  • The Reformation and the Nordic renaissance
  • Swedish dominance
  • The rise of Russia
  • Nordic romanticism
  • Revolutions and new states
  • Sovietization versus welfare states
  • Transformation and EU integration
  • Conclusion.