"While many think of European history in terms of the major states that today make up the map of Europe, this approach tends to overlook submerged nations like the Wends, the westernmost Slavs who once inhabited the lands which later became East Germany and Western Poland. This book examines th...

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Main Author:	Stone, Gerald 1932-2021 (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; Oxford ; New York ; New Delhi ; Sydney Bloomsbury Academic 2016
Edition:	First published
Subjects:	Geschichte Sorbs > History Kashubes > History Slavs > Europe, Central > History Slavs > Germany > History Kaschuben Sorben Ethnische Identität Slawen Deutschland Europe, Central > Ethnic relations > History Germany > Ethnic relations > History Mitteleuropa
Online Access:	Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:	"While many think of European history in terms of the major states that today make up the map of Europe, this approach tends to overlook submerged nations like the Wends, the westernmost Slavs who once inhabited the lands which later became East Germany and Western Poland. This book examines the decline and gradual erosion of the Wends from the time when they occupied all the land between the River Elbe and the River Vistula around 800 AD to the present, where they still survive in tiny enclaves south of Berlin (the Wends and Sorbs) and west of Danzig (the Kashubs). Slav Outposts in Central European History...which also includes numerous images and maps...puts the story of the Wends, the Sorbs and the Kashubs in a wider European context in order to further sophisticate our understanding of how ethnic groups, societies, confessions and states have flourished or floundered in the region. It is an important book for all students and scholars of central European history and the history of European peoples and states more generally"...From publisher's website
Physical Description:	VII, 398 S. Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:	9781472592101 9781472592095