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The Origins of Economic Nationalism in Interwar Estonia
The Origins of Economic Nationalism in Interwar Estonia

Author(s): Martin Klesment
Subject(s): History
Published by: Teaduste Akadeemia Kirjastus
Keywords: Origins of Economic ; Nationalism in Interwar Estonia; Estonia; Estonian History;

Summary/Abstract: The paper observes the preconditions for the emergence of economic nationalism in Estonia. It is assumed that the emergence of economic nationalism in the 1930s had a certain ideological basis and was not merely an answer to the economic crisis. The general polarisation of economic thought in Estonia, especially during the Great Depression, is taken into account and, therefore, the growth of ideological arguments for economic nationalism is juxtaposed with the opposite, a critique of the elements of economic nationalism. It is concluded that the ideas of economic nationalism, which existed already in the 1920s, were reinforced during the Great Depression and developed into deliberate economic policy in the second half of the 1930s.

  • Issue Year: 2005
  • Issue No: 09
  • Page Range: 118-135
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: English