"LATVIEŠU KOLONISTI" VS. "ERSTER DEUTSCHE KOLONIALVERSUCH": LATVIAN AND BALTIC-GERMAN HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE COURLAND COLONIALISM IN THE INTERWAR PERIOD (COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS)
The article presents a comparative analysis of the historiography of Latvian and Baltic-German origin, which cover the colonial policy of the Duchy of Courland. The scope of the study includes the time period between WWI and WWII. The analysis is based on two criteria: general characteristics of the scientific consistency of the considered works; identification of their quasi-scientific peculiarities. The following trends in the interwar historiography of Courland colonialism have been identified: Latvian Post-Colonial tendence, expressed by the effort to overcome the post-colonial cyndrome of young Latvian nation; Baltic-German Expansionist approach, intended to justify the German expansionism.