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Author Wulf, Meike

Title Shadowlands : memory and history in post-Soviet Estonia / Meike Wulf
Published New York : Berghahn Books, 2016

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Contents Introduction: Shadowlands -- Understanding collective memory and national identity -- Between Teuton and Slav -- Historians as "carriers of meaning" -- Voicing post-Soviet histories -- A winner's tale : the clash of private and public memories in post-Soviet Estonia -- Conclusion: Framing past and future -- Appendices
Summary "Located within the forgotten half of Europe, historically trapped between Germany and Russia, Estonia has been profoundly shaped by the violent conflicts and shifting political fortunes of the last century. This innovative study traces the tangled interaction of Estonian historical memory and national identity in a sweeping analysis extending from the Great War to the present day. At its heart is the enduring anguish of World War Two and the subsequent half-century of Soviet rule. Shadowlands tells this story by foregrounding the experiences of the country's intellectuals, who were instrumental in sustaining Estonian historical memory, but who until fairly recently could not openly grapple with their nation's complex, difficult past"--Publisher's website
Analysis baltic states
biographical documents
collective memory
communism
communist era
cultural groups
eastern europe
engaging
estonia
estonian historical memory
european history
first republic
historical study
history
human condition
independent estonia
national history
national identity
political fortunes
politics
post soviet era
post soviet historical narratives
recovery
retrospective
revolt
revolution
russian history
social sciences
social studies
soviet rule
violent conflicts
world war 2
ww 2
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Historians -- Estonia -- Interviews
Intellectuals -- Estonia -- Interviews
Historiography -- Political aspects -- Estonia
Post-communism -- Estonia
Collective memory -- Estonia
Nationalism -- Estonia
World War, 1939-1945 -- Estonia
HISTORY -- Europe -- Eastern.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Former Soviet Republics.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
Collective memory
Historians
Historiography
Historiography -- Political aspects
Intellectuals
Nationalism
Post-communism
SUBJECT Estonia -- Historiography
Estonia -- History -- 1940-1991. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85044976
Estonia -- History -- 1991- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91005936
Subject Estonia
Genre/Form History
Interviews
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781785330742
1785330748