The Struggle For Baltic History
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11263753 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rein Taagepera (Schlumberger (Ireland), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 451-464 |
| Publication date | 2009-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Baltic Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0162-9778 • E-ISSN: 1751-7877 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01629770903320114 |
| OpenAlex | W1996451585 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 6 |
The attitudes of Western powers toward the Baltic states were in 1945–1990 steadily affected by how they perceived Baltic history: whether it even existed and if so, what did its most recent phase represent–occupation or voluntary union? The Baltic refugees were initially poorly prepared for the struggle about history, because they lacked not only English language skills but also understanding of democratic societies. Their books were printed by little-known publishers, and studies in scholarly journals were almost completely absent. A breakthrough took place in the 1960s. Major figures were Vytas Stanley Vardys, who was first to publish articles in top journals and books with major publishers, and Jānis Gaigulis, who initiated and kept going the Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies (AABS) and its Journal of Baltic Studies. Support for scholars was strong in the Latvian exile community, while hesitant in the Estonian and Lithuanian ones. By the time of the ‘Singing Revolution’ the struggle for Baltic history had been won in the Western world. It had become widely accepted that the Baltic peoples and their histories existed, and Moscow's attempts to rewrite Baltic history could not take root in the West. Winning the struggle for the past helped in the struggle for the future of the Baltic peoples
Baltic sea · Democracy · Economic history · Estonian · European union · Latvian · Lithuanian · Norwegian · Political science · Politics · Popular history · Portuguese · Refugee · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · History · Law
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Shooting for Lithuania
Andres Kasekamp, A History of the Baltic States. Houndmills
Marks on the city
The 1972 Memorandum to the United Nations and its repercussions
Baltic Quest for a Hungarian Path, 1965
Transnational Contacts and Cross-Fertilization Among Baltic Historians in Exile, 1968–1991
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,47 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2024 (14) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |