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© 2016 University of Toronto Press, Toronto

© 2016 University of Toronto Press, Toronto

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Acknowledgments vii
  4. Note on Spelling and Translations xi
  5. Abbreviations and Glossary xiii
  6. Introduction 3
  7. 1. Wunderkind in Reborn Latvia: Background, Education, and Civil Service Career, 1908-1938 10
  8. 2. 'The Most Active and Influential Member of the Cabinet': Minister of Finance, 1938-1939 39
  9. 3. 'Better to Die Standing Up Than to Keep on Living on Your Knees': War, Resignation, and Soviet Occupation, 1939-1941 73
  10. 4. 'Elected to Lead and Manage Latvian National Affairs': The Janus Face of Collaboration, July 1941 to November 1942 104
  11. 5. 'Made No Bones about His Antipathy to the German Regime': The Janus Face of Resistance, November 1942 to May 1945 139
  12. 6. 'I Had Committed All My Heart and My Efforts to Latvian Exiles': Refugee Politics, 1945-1948 175
  13. 7. 'Starting Anew Like Our Fathers Did after the First World War': Immigrant in Canada, 1948-1950 220
  14. 8. 'Develop or Perish': The Challenges of Newfoundland, 1950-1953 247
  15. 9. 'The Past, Instead of Helping to Rebuild, Denies Itself: The Latvian Refugee Community and the Shadows of the Past, 1950-1954 278
  16. 10. 'Only One Could Topple Him from His Height - Himself: Newfoundland's 'Economic Tsar,' 1952-1954 310
  17. 11. 'Something Had Happened and a Culprit Had to Be Found': Con Man or Scapegoat? 1954-1957 328
  18. 12. 'Maybe My Luck Is Used Up Already, Maybe Not': Epilogue, 1956-1970, and Conclusions 368
  19. Notes 391
  20. References 445
  21. Index 457
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Acknowledgments vii
  4. Note on Spelling and Translations xi
  5. Abbreviations and Glossary xiii
  6. Introduction 3
  7. 1. Wunderkind in Reborn Latvia: Background, Education, and Civil Service Career, 1908-1938 10
  8. 2. 'The Most Active and Influential Member of the Cabinet': Minister of Finance, 1938-1939 39
  9. 3. 'Better to Die Standing Up Than to Keep on Living on Your Knees': War, Resignation, and Soviet Occupation, 1939-1941 73
  10. 4. 'Elected to Lead and Manage Latvian National Affairs': The Janus Face of Collaboration, July 1941 to November 1942 104
  11. 5. 'Made No Bones about His Antipathy to the German Regime': The Janus Face of Resistance, November 1942 to May 1945 139
  12. 6. 'I Had Committed All My Heart and My Efforts to Latvian Exiles': Refugee Politics, 1945-1948 175
  13. 7. 'Starting Anew Like Our Fathers Did after the First World War': Immigrant in Canada, 1948-1950 220
  14. 8. 'Develop or Perish': The Challenges of Newfoundland, 1950-1953 247
  15. 9. 'The Past, Instead of Helping to Rebuild, Denies Itself: The Latvian Refugee Community and the Shadows of the Past, 1950-1954 278
  16. 10. 'Only One Could Topple Him from His Height - Himself: Newfoundland's 'Economic Tsar,' 1952-1954 310
  17. 11. 'Something Had Happened and a Culprit Had to Be Found': Con Man or Scapegoat? 1954-1957 328
  18. 12. 'Maybe My Luck Is Used Up Already, Maybe Not': Epilogue, 1956-1970, and Conclusions 368
  19. Notes 391
  20. References 445
  21. Index 457
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