This Open access book provides a survey of the economic health and somatic progress of Baltic
countries during the period 1918-2018 framed by the outline of the historical-sociological
theory of modern social restorations as originally conceived by the Austrian-American
comparative historian Robert A. Kann. The author reworks Kann's theory to analyse
post-communist transformations in the Baltic region. The book argues that the purpose of modern
social restorations is to make restoration societies safe against a recurrence of revolution.
There were two waves of modern social restorations: post-Napoleonic and post-communist. Most
post-Napoleonic restorations were brief because they failed to economically and socially
outperform the pre-revolutionary and post-revolutionary systems. It considers Baltic
restorations as laboratory cases of second-wave modern social restorations because they
encompass a triple restoration of the nation-state capitalism and democracy. The book
assesses the performance success of Baltic restorations by comparing economic and social
progress of Baltic countries during the periods of original independence (1918-1940)
foreign-imposed state socialism (1940-1990) and restored independence (since 1990). It then
elaborates the criteria to assess the ultimate performance success of these restorations by
2040 when restored Baltic states may endure longer than their ancestors in 1918-1940 and the
complete foreign occupations era (1940-1990). The author an expert in historical sociology
uses extensive historical-statistical data in cross-time comparisons to develop his analysis
and create future projections. This book is of wide interest to sociologists social
demographers political scientists and economists studying the Baltic region. This is an open
access book.
