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| Preface | p. 4 |
| Introduction | p. 6 |
| Understanding Minority Peoples | |
| Minority peoples in the world | p. 8 |
| What is a minority? | p. 10 |
| Nations, states and stateless nations | p. 12 |
| Conflicts and claims | p. 16 |
| Legislation protecting minorities | p. 18 |
| That which Forges the Identity of People | |
| Languages | p. 20 |
| Flags | p. 28 |
| Political groups | p. 30 |
| Overview of Stateless Nations | |
| People in search of recognition: | |
| Celtic people | |
| Brittany, cultural effervescence | p. 36 |
| Wales, you said, "Llanfairpwllgwyngyll…" | p. 40 |
| Scotland, eyeing independence | p. 44 |
| Ireland, one objective: reunification | p. 48 |
| Cornwall, a small-scale rebirth | p. 52 |
| The Isle of Man, at the inter Celtic crossroads | p. 54 |
| Romance people | |
| Galicia, between Celtic and Iberian cultures | p. 56 |
| Catalan countries (Catalonia), "We are a nation" | p. 58 |
| Occitania, a vast multifaceted area | p. 62 |
| Corsica, a turbulent story of a quest for freedom | p. 66 |
| Sardinia, "the first people" of the Mediterranean | p. 70 |
| Friuli, border of empires | p. 74 |
| Romansh, the poor Swiss relative | p. 76 |
| Ladins, minorities within a minority | p. 79 |
| Savoy and Aosta, heart of the Arpitan people | p. 80 |
| Wallonia, the survival of an Oil people | p. 84 |
| Germanic people | |
| Alsace, land of the Alamanni | p. 86 |
| Frisia, nostalgic people of the North Sea | p. 90 |
| Flanders, the long march towards emancipation | p. 96 |
| South Tyrol, Austrians at heart | p. 98 |
| The Faroe Islands, insurmountable archipelago of the Atlantic | p. 100 |
| Slavic people | |
| Kashubia, the Slavs of the Baltics | p. 102 |
| Sorbia, rebirth after oppression | p. 104 |
| Basque people | |
| The Basque Country, always fighting for their rights | p. 108 |
| Finno-Ugric and Altaic people | |
| Sápmi, shepherds of the Boreal Lands | p. 112 |
| Gagauzia, the Christian Turks of Europe | p. 116 |
| National Minorities and New Claims | |
| Emblematic national minorities: | |
| The Swedes of Finland and the Åland Islands | p. 120 |
| The Germans of Eastern Europe | p. 122 |
| The Hungarians of Romania, Slovakia… | p. 124 |
| The Aromanians, dispersed in the Balkans | p. 126 |
| The regions seeking identity: | |
| Iberian peninsula, the model of autonomy | p. 128 |
| Northern Italy, union of the Gallo-ltalic people | p. 130 |
| Scania, torn between Danish and Swedish cultures | p. 132 |
| Silesia, mosaic of central European people | p. 134 |
| Moravia, no to assimilation! | p. 136 |
| Ingrians, Votes, Livonians, Vñro and Seto | p. 138 |
| Former Minorities, New States | |
| 1989: the story of a quest for independence: | |
| The Baltic adventure | p. 142 |
| Ukraine, the Orange Revolution | p. 144 |
| Czechs and Slovakians, the peaceful schism | p. 145 |
| Moldova and Transnistha | p. 146 |
| Yugoslavia, soul of the Balkans | p. 148 |
| Montenegro and Kosovo, and what followed… | p. 150 |
| The New European Deal | |
| What is the future for the minority people of Europe? | p. 152 |
| Bibliography | p. 154 |
| Internet sites | p. 156 |
| Notes | p. 157 |
| Authors/Photo credits | p. 158 |
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