'Woe from stones': Commemoration, identity politics and estonia's 'war of monuments'

Journal of Baltic Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 419-430

  Smith, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baltic; Estonia; Identity; Monuments; Politics; Russia

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649216935     PISSN: 01629778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01629770802461191     Document Type: Review

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