wyszukanych pozycji: 9
Experiencing Totalitarianism: The Invasion and Occupation of Latvia by the USSR and Nazi Germany 1939-1991
ISBN: 9781434315731 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 404 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) In the course of World War II, the Republic of Latvia was occupied and annexed by the USSR in June of 1940. A year of sovietization was followed by four years of another occupation (1944-1945)- this time by the army of Hitler's Third Reich. After Germany's defeat, the Soviet occupation returned, lasting for the next forty-five years. The book is a documentary history of the presence of these two totalitarian "great powers" on Latvia's soil, the administrations they created, the policies they implemented, and the institutions of control they developed. Containing some previously published...
In the course of World War II, the Republic of Latvia was occupied and annexed by the USSR in June of 1940. A year of sovietization was followed by fo...
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155,67 zł |
A Concise History of the Baltic States
ISBN: 9780521541558 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 492 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The Baltic region is frequently neglected in broader histories of Europe and its international significance can be obscured by separate treatments of the various Baltic states. With this wide-ranging survey, Andrejs Plakans presents the first integrated history of three Baltic peoples Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians and draws out the common threads to show how it has been shaped by their location in a strategically desirable corner of Europe. Subordinated in turn by Baltic German landholders, the Polish nobility and gentry, and then by Russian and Soviet administrators, the three nations...
The Baltic region is frequently neglected in broader histories of Europe and its international significance can be obscured by separate treatments of ...
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130,52 zł |
The A to Z of Latvia
ISBN: 9780810872097 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Located on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, Latvia did not emerge as an independent country until the twentieth century, having been occupied at different times in the past by its larger neighbors: Russia, Germany, Poland, and Sweden. In 1993, Latvia held its first parliamentary election and elected its first president after 50 years of a Communist dictatorship. With the entrance of Latvia in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the European Union in 2004, the "post-Communist" era appears to be over. The A to Z of Latvia details the changes the country has undergone since the...
Located on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, Latvia did not emerge as an independent country until the twentieth century, having been occupied at d...
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360,98 zł |
The Reluctant Exiles: Latvians in the West After World War II
ISBN: 9783506760289 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 742 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The book is a group biography of the 175,000+ Latvians who fled their homeland during the final year of World War II (1944–45), lived until 1951 as refugees in Sweden and Germany, and then dispersed to other countries throughout the world.The post-1945 history of these Latvians includes a description of their lives in ‘displaced person’ camps in post-war Germany, dispersion in the 1949–1951 years, resettlement in new host countries in Europe and overseas, strategies of adaptation to the new circumstances, organizational efforts, acculturation and assimilation, measures of cultural and...
The book is a group biography of the 175,000+ Latvians who fled their homeland during the final year of World War II (1944–45), lived until 1951 as ...
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650,99 zł |
East and Central European History Writing in Exile 1939-1989
ISBN: 9789004299627 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 434 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The studies in East and Central European History Writing in Exile 1939-1989, all written by experts in the history of the region, give answers to the comprehensive question of how the experience of exile during the time of the Nazi and Communist totalitarianism influenced and still influences history writing and the historical consciousness both in the countries hosting exile historians, as well as in the home countries which these historians left. The volume comprises difficult-to-access information about the organization and the work of historians exiled from the Baltic States,...
The studies in East and Central European History Writing in Exile 1939-1989, all written by experts in the history of the region, give answers ...
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498,07 zł |
Historical Dictionary of Latvia
ISBN: 9781538102206 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 442 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Latvia is located on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. After a brief period of independence between the two World Wars, Latvia was annexed by the USSR in 1940. It reestablished its independence in 1991 following the breakup of the Soviet Union. Although the last Russian troops left in 1994. Latvia continues to revamp its economy for eventual integration into various Western European political and economic institutions. Since May 2004 Latvia is a member of the European Union. This third edition of Historical Dictionary of Latvia contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an...
Latvia is located on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. After a brief period of independence between the two World Wars, Latvia was annexed by the U...
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546,78 zł |
Family History at the Crossroads: A Journal of Family History Reader
ISBN: 9780691608709 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) This collection of essays covers most of the important topics in the field of family history, assesses the state of the art, and stresses the themes that will continue to generate interest in the future. Originally published in 1989. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the... This collection of essays covers most of the important topics in the field of family history, assesses the state of the art, and stresses the theme... |
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371,81 zł |
Family History at the Crossroads: A Journal of Family History Reader
ISBN: 9780691654171 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) This collection of essays covers most of the important topics in the field of family history, assesses the state of the art, and stresses the themes that will continue to generate interest in the future. Originally published in 1989. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the... This collection of essays covers most of the important topics in the field of family history, assesses the state of the art, and stresses the theme... |
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970,18 zł |
Latvia -- A Work in Progress?: 100 Years of State- and Nationbuilding
ISBN: 9783838206486 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. A quarter century after the formation of the Popular Front and a decade since joining the EU, processes of state- and nation-building in Latvia are still on-going. Issues such as citizenship, language policy, minority rights, democratic legitimacy, economic stability, and security all remain objects of vigorous public discussion. The current situation also reflects longer-standing debates on the relationship between state, nation, and sovereignty in Latvian society and polity. By examining different aspects of these relationships, this volume aims to reveal both key turning points and...
A quarter century after the formation of the Popular Front and a decade since joining the EU, processes of state- and nation-building in Latvia are st...
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179,77 zł |