The making of modern Lithuania
| Titel: | The making of modern Lithuania / Tomas Balkelis |
|---|---|
| Verfasser: | |
| Veröffentlicht: | London [u.a.] : Routledge, 2009 |
| Umfang: | XXVII, 176 S. |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Schriftenreihe/ mehrbändiges Werk: |
BASEES-Routledge series on Russian and East European studies ; 56 |
| ISBN: | 0415454700 ; 9780415454704 |
| Hinweise zum Inhalt: |
Inhaltsverzeichnis
|
X
- Preface
- p. xi
- Abbreviations
- p. xiii
- Introduction
- p. xv
- 1
- Imperial periphery: Lithuanian provinces in late nineteenth century
- p. 1
- Social and economic conditions
- p. 1
- Russification
- p. 4
- The temperance movement and the rise of literacy
- p. 7
- The 'patriotic movement' of the Lithuanian gentry
- p. 9
- 2
- Provincials in the empire: the birth of the intelligentsia
- p. 11
- Question of origins
- p. 11
- Demographic and occupational features of the intelligentsia
- p. 13
- Generational conflict: sons versus parents
- p. 14
- The intelligentsia as a student movement
- p. 18
- Geographical displacement, centres of patriotic activity and 'the lost intelligentsia'
- p. 24
- Au¿ra and Varpas: first communities of the literati
- p. 26
- Political fragmentation before 1905
- p. 31
- Conclusion
- p. 34
- 3
- The making of the urban elite
- p. 36
- The Lithuanian intelligentsia between the city and the country
- p. 36
- In search of the city: the emergence of the intelligentsia's community in Vilna
- p. 40
- The impact of Vilniaus zinios
- p. 44
- Conclusion
- p. 48
- 4
- In search of the people: the intelligentsia in the 1905 revolution
- p. 50
- Revolution: nationalist or social?
- p. 50
- Social unrest and the patriotic elite prior to the All-Lithuanian assembly
- p. 52
- The Lithuanian intelligentsia and non-Lithuanian elites in 1905
- p. 55
- The intelligentsia and peasants in the All-Lithuanian assembly
- p. 59
- In the wake of the assembly
- p. 63
- Conclusion
- p. 67
- 5
- In search of national brides: the intelligentsia and the women's issue
- p. 69
- The origin of the women's debate
- p. 69
- Theory versus practice: experimental marriages, politics of bachelorhood and gentry salons
- p. 73
- From the making of nation-mothers to patriotic friendships
- p. 77
- Women's politics after 1905
- p. 80
- Conclusion
- p. 83
- 6
- The making of national culture: the intelligentsia and politics of culture, 1906-1914
- p. 85
- Cultural nationalism and nation-making
- p. 85
- The period of 'cultural work': general features and the issue of leadership
- p. 86
- The intelligentsia and writing
- p. 90
- Disciplinary cultural strategies
- p. 94
- Conclusion
- p. 102
- 7
- War, displacement and nation-building
- p. 104
- Early responses to war and the spread of the idea of independence
- p. 105
- Refugee politics: forging a national community
- p. 109
- Journey to homeland: repatriation and nation-making
- p. 114
- Conclusion
- p. 118
- Conclusions
- p. 121
- Notes
- p. 127
- Bibliography
- p. 153
- Index
- p. 169
