Introduction 1. Social and Historical Dimensions of Lithuanian Nationalism Prior to 1905 2. Making the Urban Élite, 1883–1905 3. In Search of the People: The 1905 Revolution 4. The National Intelligentsia and the Women’s Issue 5. In Search of the Nation’s Culture: Cultural Politics of Discipline, 1907–1914 6. Nation in Exile: War, Displacement and Nation-Making, 1914–1918
Biography
Tomas Balkelis is AHRC Research Associate in History at the University of Manchester, UK. His research interests include nationalism, nation-building, population displacement, forced migrations and war memory in Eastern Europe.
'Based on the writings of the Lithuanian intelligentsia (newspapers, journals, memoirs, diaries) during the period of national formation and demonstrating a thorough acquaintance with secondary works in several languages, this important book immediately takes its place as the standard work on the making of the Lithuanian nation while being a welcome addition to the growing literature on nationalism. Summing Up: Essential. Graduate students, faculty.' - K. C. O'Connor, Gonzaga University, Choice, February 2010
