Alfred Valdmanis and the Politics of Survival /

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In this first serious biography of Alfred Valdmanis, historian Gerhard Bassler casts the story of this political manipulator and chameleon in new terms: the often tragic consequences of the will to survive."--Jacket

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Bassler, Gerhard P., 1937-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, 2000.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Valdmanis, Alfred, > 1908-1970.
Newfoundland and Labrador Corporation.
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro Corporation > Biographies.
Newfoundland and Labrador Corporation > Biography.
Political corruption.
Latvians.
Economic policy.
Finance ministers.
HISTORY > Canada > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Lettons > Canada > Biographies.
Corruption (Politique) > Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador.
Ministres des finances > Lettonie > Biographies.
Finance ministers > Latvia > Biography.
Latvians > Canada > Biography.
Political corruption > Newfoundland and Labrador.
Newfoundland and Labrador.
Latvia.
Canada.
Terre-Neuve > Politique economique.
Lettonie > Histoire > 1940-1991.
Lettonie > Histoire > 1918-1940.
Newfoundland and Labrador > Economic policy.
Latvia > History > 1940-1991.
Latvia > History > 1918-1940.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Wunderkind in Reborn Latvia: Background, Education, and Civil Service Career, 1908-1938
  • 2. 'The Most Active and Influential Member of the Cabinet': Minister of Finance, 1938-1939
  • 3. 'Better to Die Standing Up Than to Keep on Living on Your Knees': War, Resignation, and Soviet Occupation, 1939-1941
  • 4. 'Elected to Lead and Manage Latvian National Affairs': The Janus Face of Collaboration, July 1941 to November 1942
  • 5. 'Made No Bones about His Antipathy to the German Regime': The Janus Face of Resistance, November 1942 to May 1945
  • 6. 'I Had Committed All My Heart and My Efforts to Latvian Exiles': Refugee Politics, 1945-1948
  • 7. 'Starting Anew Like Our Fathers Did after the First World War': Immigrant in Canada, 1948-1950
  • 8. 'Develop of Perish': The Challenges of Newfoundland, 1950-1955
  • 9. 'The Past, Instead of Helping to Rebuild, Denies Itself': The Latvian Refugee Community and the Shadows of the Past, 1950-1954.

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