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" A history of the Baltic states / "
Andres Kasekamp.
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BL
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596678
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GBB004019b425897
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GBB004019b425897
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| Main Entry
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Kasekamp, Andres,1966-
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A history of the Baltic states /\ Andres Kasekamp.
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| Series Statement
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Palgrave essential histories.
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xi, 251 pages :: maps ;; 23 cm.
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9780230019416
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: 0230019412
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: 9780230019409
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: 0230019404
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Europe's last pagans -- Lithuania's expansion and medieval Livonia (1290-1560) --The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the rise of Sweden and Russia (1561-1795) --The long nineteenth century Tsarist rule (1795-1917) -- The short era of independence (1917-1939) -- Between anvil and hammer (1939-1953) -- Soviet rule (1953-1991) -- Return to the West (1991-2009).
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| Abstract
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"Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania experienced a sequence of foreign regimes, including Nazism and communism, before recovering their independence and joining the European Union. Clearly and accessibly written, this book is one of the first to provide a general overview of their histories from the stone age to the present using a comparative approach"--
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Baltic States, History.
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| Dewey Classification
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947.9
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DK502.7.K37 2010
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