From Recognition to Restoration: Latvia's History as a Nation-State

Smith, D.J. , Galbreath, D.J. and Swain, G. (Eds.) (2010) From Recognition to Restoration: Latvia's History as a Nation-State. Series: On the boundary of two worlds. Rodopi: Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 9789042030985

Abstract

Taking its cue from the 90th anniversary commemorations of November 2008, this work explores the relationship between state and nationhood during the three phases to date in Latvia’s existence as a territorial entity: the sovereign statehood of 1918-1940; the Soviet and Nazi occupations of 1940-1944 and the ensuing half-century within the USSR; and the post-1991 period, which has seen the restoration of independence on the basis of legal continuity from the inter-war period and - latterly - accession to the European Union. The aim in relation to all three eras is to go beyond the often essentialising contours of Cold War and post-Cold War debates and reveal the underlying complexities and ambiguities of political and social development.

• Item Type: Edited Books
• Keywords: History - Latvia, politics - Latvia, post-independence
• Status: Published
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Swain, Professor Geoffrey and Smith, Professor David
• Subjects: D History General and Old World > DK Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Central and East European Studies
• Publisher: Rodopi
• ISBN: 9789042030985

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