Imperial periphery : Lithuanian provinces in late nineteenth century -- Provincials in the empire : the birth of the intelligentsia -- The making of the urban elite -- In search of the people : the intelligentsia in the 1905 Revolution -- In search of national brides : the intelligentsia and the women's issue -- The making of national culture : the intelligentsia and politics of culture, 1906-1914 -- War, displacement, and nation-building
Summary
This book explores the making of modern Lithuania, arguing that, contrary to contemporary Lithuanian nationalist rhetoric, Lithuanian nationalism was modern and socially constructed in the period from the emergence of the Lithuanian national movement in the late nineteenth century to the birth of an independent state in 1918
