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The Resource Latvia : a short history, Mara Kalnins

Latvia : a short history, Mara Kalnins

Label
Latvia : a short history
Title
Latvia
Title remainder
a short history
Statement of responsibility
Mara Kalnins
Creator
Author
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
The history of the Latvian people begins some four and a half millennia ago with the arrival of the proto-Baltic Indo-Europeans to northern Europe. One branch of these migrants coalesced into a community which evolved a distinctive and remarkably robust culture and language, and which eventually developed into a loose federation of tribal kingdoms that stretched from the shores of the Baltic sea to the upper Dniepr river. But these small independent kingdoms were unable to resist the later invasion of the Teutonic Knights in 1201, an invasion that initiated nearly eight hundred years of helotry for the Latvians in their own domains. In the centuries of domination by successive European powers that followed, the inhabitants nonetheless preserved a powerful sense of identity, fostered by their ancient language, oral literature, songs and customs. These in turn informed and gave impetus to the rise of national consciousness in the nineteenth century and the political activities of the twentieth which brought the modern nation-state of Latvia into being. This book traces the genesis and growth of that nation, its endurance over centuries of conquest and oppression, the process by which it achieved its independence, and its status as a member of the European community in the twenty-first century.--
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Kalnins, Mara
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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Latvia
Label
Latvia : a short history, Mara Kalnins
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier.
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent.
Control code
FIEb17706828
Dimensions
22 cm.
Extent
xxviii, 237 pages
Isbn
9781849044622
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
  • 18649324
  • (DLC)18649225
  • (DLC)2015413283
  • (OCoLC)910217643
Label
Latvia : a short history, Mara Kalnins
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier.
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent.
Control code
FIEb17706828
Dimensions
22 cm.
Extent
xxviii, 237 pages
Isbn
9781849044622
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
  • 18649324
  • (DLC)18649225
  • (DLC)2015413283
  • (OCoLC)910217643

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