Vilnius between Nations, 1795–2000 Weeks Paperback MB – Cornell University Press

Vilnius Between Nations, 17952000Author(s): Theodore R. Weeks\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cornell University Press, United States\nImprint: Northern Illinois University Press\nISBN-13: 9780875807300, 978-0875807300\nSynopsis\nThe inhabitants of Vilnius, the present-day capital of Lithuania, have spoken various languages and professed different religions while living together in relative harmony over the years. The city has played a significant role in the history and development of at least three separate culturesPolish, Lithuanian, and Jewishand until very recently, no single cultural-linguistic group composed the clear majority of its population.\n\n Vilnius between Nations, [tel] is the first study to undertake a balanced assessment of this particularly diverse city. Theodore Weeks examines Vilnius as a physical entity where people lived, worked, and died; as the object of rhetorical struggles between disparate cultures; and as a space where the state attempted to legitimize a .