The Making of Modern Lithuania

ISBN-13: 9780415673686 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 208 str.

Tomas Balkelis

Opis

This book explores the making of modern Lithuania, arguing that, contrary to contemporary Lithuanian nationalist rhetoric, Lithuanian nationalism was modern and socially constructed in the period from the emergence of the Lithuanian national movement in the late 19th century to the birth of an independent state in 1918.

Recenzje

'Based on the writings of the Lithuanian intelligentsia (newspapers, journals, memoirs, diaries) during the period of national formation and demonstrating a thorough acquaintance with secondary works in several languages, this important book immediately takes its place as the standard work on the making of the Lithuanian nation while being a welcome addition to the growing literature on nationalism. Summing Up: Essential. Graduate students, faculty.' - K. C. O'Connor, Gonzaga University, Choice, February 2010

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Social and Historical Dimensions of Lithuanian Nationalism Prior to 1905  2. Making the Urban Élite, 1883–1905  3. In Search of the People: The 1905 Revolution  4. The National Intelligentsia and the Women’s Issue  5. In Search of the Nation’s Culture: Cultural Politics of Discipline, 1907–1914  6. Nation in Exile: War, Displacement and Nation-Making, 1914–1918 

O autorze

Tomas Balkelis is AHRC Research Associate in History at the University of Manchester, UK. His research interests include nationalism, nation-building, population displacement, forced migrations and war memory in Eastern Europe.