National Minorities as Peacebuilders? How Three Baltic Germans Responded to the First World War
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11218771 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martyn Housden (University of Bradford, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 5-31 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Peace & Change (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0149-0508 • E-ISSN: 1468-0130 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/pech.12272 |
| OpenAlex | W2763545523 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 10 |
Many members of Europe's national minorities had particularly terrible experiences during the First World War. This article examines how three ethnic German minority activists from the Baltic region responded to those dreadful years by, subsequently, presenting themselves as peace campaigners promoting a novel model for multiethnic society. They promoted ideas such as the “a‐national state” and “cultural autonomy” at both national and international levels, not least in the hope of influencing the League of Nations. To what extent should they be accepted as early peacebuilders
Ancient history · Autonomy · Development economics · Economic history · Ethnic group · First world war · German · League · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · State (computer science · World War II · Gender Studies · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · History · Law · Polish Historical and Cultural Studies
The League of Nations' Work on Social Issues
The Great War and the Origins of Humanitarianism, 1918–1924
Germany's Revolution of Destruction
War Land on the Eastern Front
Orphans of Versailles
The Impossible Border
The German Minority in Interwar Poland
Strange Baltic Liberalism
The Birth of Cultural Autonomy in Estonia
Ethnic Diversity and the Nation State
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |