"Pages of dreamlike prose explore Estonia's terrible Nazi-Soviet past, the trauma of dictatorship, and how memory processes that trauma." ー The Financial Times
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This book focuses on the events that took place in late 1944 and 1945 in Croatia and Slovenia when the intensity of violence was strongest. At that time, the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (KPJ), ass……続きを見る
This book focuses on food culture and politics in three Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. In popular and scholarly writings, the Baltic states are often seen as a meat-and-potatoes kind……続きを見る
Beim Anblick der bewaffneten Soldatenhorde lief mir ein kalter Schauer den Rücken hinunter. Sie hatten sich in ihren verschiedenen Uniformen, mit Schlaggegenständen bewaffnet, vor uns aufgebaut. Die……続きを見る
Mass gravesites uncovered after the war dot the suburbs around Prijedor. I was witness to the last breaths of many of the thousands buried there – but not those of my two brothers. Both perished, an……続きを見る
In the summer of 2016 acclaimed archaeologist Richard Freund and his team made news worldwide when they discovered an escape tunnel from the Ponar burial pits in Lithunia. This Holocaust site where ……続きを見る
Classic Historical Book
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the orig……続きを見る
This book brings together life stories from five generations of Balts, living through the diverse and recurring transformations of the twentieth century: occupations, war, independence, totalitarian……続きを見る
The history of Kosovo is a complicated one which typifies the darker side of modern Balkan history. Milosevic s Serbia withdrew from Kosovo in 1999 and the province was handed over to a special UN b……続きを見る
著者:Rosemary Martin
出版社: Bloomsbury Publishing
発売日: 2017年11月30日
The countries surrounding the Baltic Sea - Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Finland, Germany, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, and Sweden – have experienced immense social and political change, from the territor……続きを見る
The history of the Balkans incorporates all the major historical themes of the 20th Century--the rise of nationalism, communism and fascism, state-sponsored genocide and urban warfare. Focusing on t……続きを見る
"Wie auf einem Schiff" fühlte sich Thomas Mann in seinem Niddener Ferienhaus. Und in der Tat können die drei Sommer 1930–1932, welche die Manns im Fischerdorf Nidden auf der Kurischen Nehrung verleb……続きを見る
This excellent reference source brings together hard-to-find information on the constituent units of the Russian Federation.
The introduction examines the Russian Federation as a whole, followed by ……続きを見る
Sarajevo, 28 June 1914: The story of the assassination that changed the world.
A historical account of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Using newly available sources and older material……続きを見る
A prize-winning, magisterial history of World War I from the perspective of the defeated Central Powers
**For the Central Powers, the First World War started with high hopes for an easy victory. But……続きを見る
著者:Sadhana Naithani
出版社: University Press of Mississippi
発売日: 2019年05月20日
Folklore in the Baltic History: Resistance and Resurgence is about the role of folklore, folklore archives, and folklore studies in the contemporary history of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuaniaーtogeth……続きを見る
Originally published in 1957, Sisu, "Even Through a Stone Wall" is the English-language edition of the memoirs of the Social Democratic premier of Finland of 1917, Oskari Tokoi. Included are his acc……続きを見る
"The History of the Standard Oil Company" is an exposé about the Standard Oil Company, run by oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, the richest figure in American history. The inspiration behind this book……続きを見る
Throughout Eastern Europe, the unexpected and irrevocable fall of communism that began in the late 1980s presented enormous challenges in the spheres of politics and society, as well as at the level……続きを見る
The Phoenicians created the Mediterranean world as we know it--yet they remain a shadowy and poorly understood group. The academic study of the Phoenicians has come to an important crossroads; the f……続きを見る
This volume addresses the question of ‘identity’ in East-Central Europe. It engages with a specific definition of ‘sub-cultures’ over the period from c. 1900 to the present and proposes novel ways i……続きを見る
Les Comitadjis ou le terrorisme dans les Balkans est un essai du journaliste français Albert Londres (1884 – 1932).
Albert Londres présente la radiographie de l'Organisation révolutionnaire intérieu……続きを見る
In the years since the first edition of the "Guide" was published, the research institutions of the academies of sciences of the USSR and the republics have undergone several, sometimes radical, reo……続きを見る
From the back of a boat it is easy to feel close to the past, even the very distant past. The waves that surge around you and the wind that fills your sails are the same as those that carried the an……続きを見る
This book explores Lithuania's pagan ancestry and epochal struggles with Germanic and Russian states and examines Lithuania's struggle with the legacy of Soviet rule as it strives to establish democ……続きを見る
著者:Rein Taagepera
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2018年02月06日
After breaking free from the Bolsheviks in 1918, Estonia enjoyed independence until 1940 when the country was subsumed by the Soviet Union. Not until 1991 was Estonia able to make its next successfu……続きを見る
Samuel R. Watkins' 'Co. Aytch: Maury Grays First Tennessee Regiment' is a poignant and detailed memoir recounting the author's experiences as a soldier in the Confederate Army during the American Ci……続きを見る
In 'The Wartime Journal of a Georgia Girl' by Eliza Frances Andrews, readers are transported back to the American Civil War era through the intimate and poignant journal entries of a young Southern ……続きを見る
'An insightful, nuanced account that highlights the present multitude of currents at play in Europe' - Peter Pomerantsev
The Baltics are vital democracies in North-Eastern Europe, but with a bellige……続きを見る
Tradotto e curato da Luca Bistolfi
«Questo libro rimette le cose al loro posto, superando ogni luogo comune circolato in questi due decenni. Credo che ne uscirà un film memorabile».
Cristian Mungiu,……続きを見る