Baltic biographies at historical crossroads
Baltic biographies at historical crossroads [electronic resource] /
edited by Aili Aarelaid-Tart and Li Bennich-Bjáeorkman.
- Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2012.
- xviii, 214 p.
- Routledge/European Sociological Association studies in European societies ; 14 .
- Routledge/European Sociological Association studies in European societies ; 14. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction : on living through the twentieth century in the Baltic states / Aili Aarelaid-Tart and Li Bennich-Bjáeorkman -- 2. Locating memory within history : Baltic lives in their context / Vieda Skultans -- 3. Everyday life, power, and agency in turbulent Latvia : the story of Otto Irbe / Baiba Bela -- 4. The collective strategies of Latvian Second World War refugees adapting to Swedish society / Maija Runcis -- 5. Working through mature socialism : private and public in the life story of an Estonian industry manager / Kirsti Jèaoesalu and Ene Kèaoresaar -- 6. Let me tell you a sad story : Soviet Russian immigrants in independent Estonia / Aili Aarelaid-Tart -- 7. Rural belongings : Baltic Russian identities in Estonian and Latvian borderlands / Laura Assmuth -- 8. Exit from communism : career decisions of the Lithuanian young communist functionaries / Vaida Obelenðce -- 9. Catching up with the west? : an insider's perspective from Lithuania / Herwig Reiter -- 10. Mobilizing capitals during transitions : the stories of Toomas and Nikolai / Raili Nugin and Aida Hachaturyan -- 11. Background for biographical research : value change in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Sweden in 1991-2007 / Indrek Tart.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9780203805237 (e-book : PDF)
Balts (Indo-European people)--History--20th century.
Balts (Indo-European people)--Biography.
Balts (Indo-European people)--Interviews.
Collective memory--Baltic States.
Baltic States--History--20th century.
Electronic books.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction : on living through the twentieth century in the Baltic states / Aili Aarelaid-Tart and Li Bennich-Bjáeorkman -- 2. Locating memory within history : Baltic lives in their context / Vieda Skultans -- 3. Everyday life, power, and agency in turbulent Latvia : the story of Otto Irbe / Baiba Bela -- 4. The collective strategies of Latvian Second World War refugees adapting to Swedish society / Maija Runcis -- 5. Working through mature socialism : private and public in the life story of an Estonian industry manager / Kirsti Jèaoesalu and Ene Kèaoresaar -- 6. Let me tell you a sad story : Soviet Russian immigrants in independent Estonia / Aili Aarelaid-Tart -- 7. Rural belongings : Baltic Russian identities in Estonian and Latvian borderlands / Laura Assmuth -- 8. Exit from communism : career decisions of the Lithuanian young communist functionaries / Vaida Obelenðce -- 9. Catching up with the west? : an insider's perspective from Lithuania / Herwig Reiter -- 10. Mobilizing capitals during transitions : the stories of Toomas and Nikolai / Raili Nugin and Aida Hachaturyan -- 11. Background for biographical research : value change in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Sweden in 1991-2007 / Indrek Tart.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9780203805237 (e-book : PDF)
Balts (Indo-European people)--History--20th century.
Balts (Indo-European people)--Biography.
Balts (Indo-European people)--Interviews.
Collective memory--Baltic States.
Baltic States--History--20th century.
Electronic books.