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. INDICE: List of Maps - Preface - Europe's Last Pagans - Lithuania's Expansion and Medieval Livonia (1290-1560) - The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Rise of Sweden and Russia (1560-1795) - The Long Nineteenth Century Under Tsarist Rule (1795-1917) - The Short Era of Independence (1917-1939) - BetweenAnvil and Hammer (1939-1953) - Soviet Rule (1953-1991) - Return to the West (1991-2008) - Further Reading - Chronology - Index
- ISBN: 978-0-230-01941-6
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 264
- Fecha Publicación: 10/09/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés