In this updated edition of their renowned The Baltic States, Romuald Misiunas and Rein Taagepera bring the story of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia up to the 1990s. The authors describe and analyze how the Baltic nations survived fifty years of social disruption, language discrimination, and Russian colonialism. The nations' histories are fully integrated and compared, and some notable differences between them are pointed out.
With two new chapters, a revised preface, and an appendix on the end of Soviet domination, this expanded study covers a tumultuous period of political, economic, cultural, and ecological reform.
The Baltic States Years of Dependence, 1940-1990, Expanded and Updated Edition
About the Book
Table of Contents
Preface to the Second Edition
Map
1. Introduction: Historical Background
Before the Modern Age
The Road to the Modern Nation-States
The Years of Independence1, 918-1940
2. The War Years, 1940-1945
The Coming of the Soviets
The First Year of Soviet Occupation
War and Revolt
The German Occupation
The Return of the Soviets
3. Postwar Stalinism, 1945-1953
Administration
Guerrilla Warfare and Collectivization
Economy and Culture
Normalization under New Norms, 1952-1953
4. The Re-emergence of National Cultures, 1954-1968
The Vain Struggle for Political Autonomy
The Successful Struggle for Cultural Autonomy
Expansion of Contacts Abroad
Socio-Economic Trends
How the Baltic States looked in 1968
5. Centralization and Westernization, 1968-1980
Politics and Ideology
Demographic and Social Trends
Economy and Ecology
Culture and the Expansion of Western Contacts
Dissent
6. The Apogee of Stagnation, 1980-1986
Politics and Ideology
Society
Economy and Ecology 288
Culture:Continued Modernization and Russification
Dissent
7. The National Renaissances, 1987-1990
1987 - the Latvian Phase: Ecological Protest and Beyond
1988 - the Estonian Phase: Striving for Autonomy
1989 - the Lithuanian Phase: Push for Independence
1990 - the First Stage towards Independence
Postscript. The Kaliningrad Oblast: A New Baltic Land?
Appendixes
A. Major Baltic Government Leaders and Administrators,
1938-1990
B. Tables
1. Population and Ethnicity of the Baltic Republics, 1939-1980
2. Population Changes, 1939-1945
3. War and Occupation Deaths, 1940-1945
4. Lithuanian Guerrillas, 1944-1952: Armed Forces Involved
5. Population Changes, 1945-1955
6. Communist Party Size and Ethnicity, 1930-1980
7. Industrial Employment and Index of Production, 1940-1980
8. Agricultural Production and Efficiency, 1940-1978
9. Rural Administrative Units, 1939-1980
10. Urbanization and Living Space, 1940-1980
11. Size, Relative Weight, and Ethnicity of Capitals, 1940-1979
12. Marriage and Divorce Rates, 1940-1978
13. Birth and Death Rates, 1940-1980
14. Population Increase, 1950-1979
15. The Share of Private Plots in Latvia's Agricultural Production, 1950-1977
16. Average Yearly Growth Rates of Produced Income and Industrial Production, 1950-1980
Bibliography
Index