"Latvieši un Latvija" (Latvians and Latvia), chief editor: Jānis Stradiņš, Latvijas Zinātņu Akadēmija, Rīga, no. of pages: 526 (volume I), 559 (volume II), 479 (volume III), 814 (volume IV)

Abstract

In 2013 in Riga the monumental study entitled Latvieši un Latvija (Latvians and Latvia) was published. The book under review consists of four volumes: Latvians; Statehood in Latvia and the Latvian State – established and lost; The restored Latvian state; and Culture, education and science in Latvia. In the publication its authors pre­sented articles showing the most important aspects for the Latvian nation, connected with history, national identity, language, culture and other aspects of the functioning of the Latvian statehood.

Keywords

• Latvia
• Latvians
• Latvian history
• culture
• language