Nineteenth-century nationalism and twentieth-century anti-democratic ideals
Subtitle: the case of Latvia, 1840s to 1980s
By: Ieva Zake ; with a foreword by Nils Huiznieks.
Publisher: The Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lewiston, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
ISBN-13: 9780773451735
Subjects: Nationalism -- Latvia -- History; Latvia -- Intellectual life -- 19th century; Latvia -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What is nationalism and who are intellectuals?; title: A nation of their own: the young Latvians of the nineteenth century; title: Imperfect democracy for the perfect people, 1920-1934; title: Perfect leader for the imperfect people; title: Nationalist intellectuals under the Soviet and Nazi occupations (1940-1944) and in exile in the United States (1951-1989).