Estonia - identity and independence

• Foreword
• p. vii

• Acknowledgements
• p. ix

• Introduction
• p. 1

• A Very Ancient Nation
• p. 9

• I.
• From the Origins to the Mid-19th Century
• p. 11

• Marginalia on the Topic of Identity
• p. 13

• The Time of Shadows
• p. 23

• Historical Myth in National Identity: An Exchange of Ideas
• p. 35

• Estonia from the 13th to the 16th Centuries
• p. 47

• From the Reformation to National Awakening 1520-1850
• p. 65

• II.
• The National Awakening and the Building Up of an Independent State
• p. 81

• The National Awakening of the Estonian Nation
• p. 83

• Estonia and the World
• p. 107

• III.
• The Soviet Period (1940-1988)
• p. 135

• The Soviet Period
• p. 137

• Resistance, Scepticism and Homo Sovieticus: An Exchange of Opinions
• p. 153

• The Strong People of Kalev Remained...(An Opinion)
• p. 167

• The National Identity and Culture of Estonians Living in the West 1944-1991
• p. 179

• An Opinion
• p. 199

• An Opinion
• p. 203

• The Estonian Identity in Exile: An Opinion
• p. 211

• An Opinion
• p. 217

• An Opinion
• p. 221

• IV.
• The "Singing Revolution" and Independence Regained (1988 to the Present)
• p. 223

• The Restoration of Independence in Estonia
• p. 225

• An Opinion
• p. 239

• Reflections on the Late 1980s and Early 1990s: An Opinion
• p. 245

• The Conditions for a Multicultural Estonia
• p. 257

• The Pragmatic and the "National" Approach to the Question of the Russian-Speaking Population in Estonia: An Exchange of Ideas
• p. 269

• Globalisation, Integration into European Structures and their Effect on National Identity and Culture: Discussion
• p. 281

• Co-Authors
• p. 293

• Chronology
• p. 299