European University Institute Library

The creation of national spaces in a pluricultural region, the case of Prussian Lithuania, Vasilijus Safronovas ; translated from Lithuanian by Albina Strunga

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-429) and indexes

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The creation of national spaces in a pluricultural region

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Vasilijus Safronovas ; translated from Lithuanian by Albina Strunga

Lithuanian studies without borders

the case of Prussian Lithuania

"This book is essential reading on the spatial concepts that two erstwhile neighboring cultures, Lithuanian and German, once associated with one physical space--a Lithuanian region in Prussia. Covering a period of five centuries, the author explores how, when, and, most importantly, why these concepts have been developed and transformed, regulating the spatial imagination of several generations. The study focuses on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, presenting the narratives, representations, and geographic conceptions of the region that existed in these two national cultures. The volume shows how knowledge about "their own" space ended up serving as a tool for both Lithuanian and German political aspirations and how it challenged the spatial concepts about this area in the previous century"--, Provided by publisher

Introduction -- Chapter 1. East Prussia: An Arena for Cultural Meanings and Conflicts -- Chapter 2. Lithuania in Prussia: Changing Concepts in the Sixteenth to Nineteenth Centuries -- Chapter 3. Lithuania as a Peculiar Region of Germany (1850s-1910s) -- Chapter 4. The Invention of Lithuania Minor (1870-1910s) -- Chapter 5. Interaction of the German and Lithuanian Concepts of Prussian Lithuania in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries -- Chapter 6. Battles over Spaces of "Their Own": Changes after 1918 -- Concluding Remarks