TY - BOOK AU - Bennich-Bjáeorkman,Li AU - Aarelaid,Aili TI - Baltic biographies at historical crossroads T2 - Routledge/European Sociological Association studies in European societies SN - 9780203805237 (e-book : PDF) PY - 2012/// CY - Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, New York PB - Routledge KW - Balts (Indo-European people) KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Biography KW - Interviews KW - Collective memory KW - Baltic States KW - Electronic books KW - lcsh N1 - 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; Also available in print edition UR - http://www.tandfebooks.com/isbn/9780203805237 ER -