The Baltic States: Years of Dependence, 1940-1990In 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. |
Contents
Historical Background 115 | 5 |
The War Years 19401945 | 15 |
Postwar Stalinism 19451953 | 76 |
The Reemergence of National Cultures 19541968 | 131 |
SocioEconomic Trends | 183 |
How the Baltic States looked in 1968 | 201 |
The Apogee of Stagnation 19801986 | 272 |
Economy and Ecology | 288 |
War and Occupation Deaths 19401945 | 356 |
Armed Forces Involved | 357 |
Population Changes 19451955 | 358 |
Communist Party Size and Ethnicity 19301980 | 359 |
Industrial Employment and Index of Production 19401980 | 361 |
Agricultural Production and Efficiency 19401978 | 362 |
Rural Administrative Units 19391980 | 363 |
Urbanization and Living Space 19401980 | 364 |
Continued Modernization and Russification | 294 |
Dissent | 299 |
The National Renaissances 19871990 | 303 |
Striving for Autonomy | 311 |
Push for Independence | 322 |
1990the First Stage towards Independence | 329 |
A New Baltic Land? | 336 |
Appendixes A Major Baltic Government Leaders and Administrators 19381990 | 350 |
B Tables | 353 |
Population Changes 19391945 | 354 |
Size Relative Weight and Ethnicity of Capitals 19401979 | 365 |
Marriage and Divorce Rates 19401978 | 366 |
Birth and Death Rates 19401980 | 367 |
Population Increase 19501979 | 368 |
The Share of Private Plots in Latvias Agricultural Production 19501977 | 369 |
Average Yearly Growth Rates of Produced Income and Industrial Production 19501980 | 370 |
Bibliography | 371 |
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