Part One: The Age of Empire:

"Sturm und Drang"-The Baltic in an Age of Revolution, 1772-1815; Stormclouds, the revolutionary nineties, The spread of war, From Tilsit to Eidsvoll. The Baltic in 1800: Land and people- images and reality, Estates and classes, Reforming the "common people". States and Unions-1815 to the Revolutions of 1848: Constitutions of diverse kinds, Government and society 1830 - [...]ope's policeman. The Era of Nationalism: Points of collision, The politics of nationhood. Society in an Era of Change: Landscapes, Lifestyles, Beliefs, Work. The Age of Imperialism 1871-1905: Threatened peripheries, The break-up of the Union, Reaction and reform, Fin-de-siecle: The city, Leisure and morality, The twilight of the old order?. The End of Empire- Russia in Revolution 1905-1917: 1905, The road to war, War and revolution.

Part Two: Nations and States:

The New Order; Russia, Germany and the Eastern Baltic, The Repercussions of War and Revolution, Independence. The Impact of Change, c.1870-1940; Peasant into Farmer?, The Farming-Economy, Innovation, Invention and Adaptation, The Role of the State. The Interwar Years; Constitutions, government and politics in the new states, In the shadow of the Nazis, Territorial and minority questions, Memel, Danzig and the coming of war. The Tragic Decade- 1939-1950; War in the North, 1939 - 1940, War in the East, 1941-1945, The end of the war in Northern Europe, Division. Affluence and Welfare-Nordic States since the War; Recovery and resurgence 1945- 1960, Consolidation 1960-1973, The oil crisis and after, The resonances of change. A Baltic Renescance?; Stalin and after, Accommodation and dissent, Living with the bear, The end of empire.