{"product_id":"the-creation-of-national-spaces-in-a-pluricultural-region-the-case-of-prussian-lithuania-9781618115249","title":"The Creation of National Spaces in a","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is essential reading on the spatial concepts that two erstwhile neighboring cultures, Lithuanian and German, once associated with one physical space - a Lithuanian region in Prussia. Covering a period of five centuries, the author explores how, when, and, most importantly, why these concepts have been developed and transformed, regulating the spatial imagination of several generations. The study focuses on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, presenting the narratives, representations, and geographic conceptions of the region that existed in these two national cultures. The volume shows how knowledge about \"\"their own\"\" space ended up serving as a tool for both Lithuanian and German political aspirations and how it challenged the spatial concepts about this area in the previous century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“By bringing the neglected case of Prussian Lithuania into a dialogue with research on the Russian Empire, Safronovas’ book fills an important gap in scholarship, and enables us to build up a picture of the complex articulation of ideas about ‘Lithuania’ that occurred within different states and across borders. … The book is well written, extensively researched and draws attention to a region which has often been overlooked in the wider discussion on spatial concepts of Lithuania. One of the particular strengths of the book is Safronovas’ ability to bring German, Lithuanian, Russian and Polish sources into a dialogue with one another to historicise the spatial discourse on ‘Lithuania’ within the multilingual and pre-national context of the long 19th century. The book no doubt occupies a key place in the historiography of 19th-century Lithuanian and Prussian history, but also raises many questions and topics that will resonate with scholars who are interested more broadly in the invention and construction of national spaces spanning administrative or imperial border regions.” —Catherine Gibson, European University Institute, \u003ci\u003eLithuanian Historical Studies\u003c\/i\u003e Vol. 22\u003c\/p\u003e -- Catherine Gibson * Lithuanian Historical Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cp\u003e List of Figures\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 1. East Prussia: An Arena for Cultural Meetings and Conflicts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 2. Lithuania in Prussia: Changing Concepts in the Sixteenth to Nineteenth Centuries\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 3. Lithuania as a Peculiar Region of Germany (1850s–1910s)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 4. The Invention of Lithuania Minor (1870–1910s)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 5. Interaction of the German and Lithuanian Concepts of Prussian Lithuania in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 6. Battles over Spaces \"of Their Own”: Changes after 1918\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Concluding Remarks\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Bibliography Index of Names Geographic Index ​Subject Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Academic Studies Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359751504215,"sku":"9781618115249","price":72.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781618115249.jpg?v=1754125601","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-creation-of-national-spaces-in-a-pluricultural-region-the-case-of-prussian-lithuania-9781618115249","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}