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WWI led to a radical reshaping of Europe's political borders and the emergence of a series of smaller states from the ruins of larger empires. This study examines how four East Central European states - Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia - dealt with the breakdown of commerce and mobility, caused by new borders, high tariffs, and trade wars.
List of contents
- 1: Introduction
- 2: A Future Not as Gloomy as It Seems: Promoting Integration, Accepting Fragmentation
- 3: Who We Are, What We Do, and How Many of Us? Repatriates, Refugees, and Citizenship
- 4: Yet Another Wire Entanglement: Borders and Territory
- 5: Dig Peat! Commercial Empowerment and Foreign Exploitation
- 6: Awakening the Hinterland: Statism, Infrastructure, and Access to the Sea
- 7: The Land of the Enemy: Property Redistribution and Land Reform
- Conclusion
About the author
Klaus Richter is a historian of modern Central and Eastern Europe. He received his PhD in 2012 from the Technical University of Berlin, after which he held a research position at the German Historical Institute in Warsaw. He is currently working as Senior Lecturer and Birmingham Fellow at the University of Birmingham, and is director of the Birmingham Research Institute for History and Cultures (BRIHC). His previous book, Antisemitismus in Litauen. Christen, Juden und die 'Emanzipation' der Bauern, 1889-1914 (2013), was a study on Christian-Jewish relations in the Russian Empire's Lithuanian provinces. He is also the author of numerous articles and book chapters on the social history of East Central Europe as well as on the history of nationalism, ethnic conflict, and displacement.
Summary
WWI led to a radical reshaping of Europe's political borders and the emergence of a series of smaller states from the ruins of larger empires. This study examines how four East Central European states - Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia - dealt with the breakdown of commerce and mobility, caused by new borders, high tariffs, and trade wars.
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