2005, ISBN: 9780415161121

685 Seiten, Sprache: Englisch Taschenbuch Gut The recent history of Eastern Europe is one of ethnic and national conflict following the collapse of Communism. A History of Eastern Europe:… Mehr…

685 Seiten, Sprache: Englisch Taschenbuch Gut The recent history of Eastern Europe is one of ethnic and national conflict following the collapse of Communism. A History of Eastern Europe: Crisis and Change by Robert Bideleux and Ian Jeffries, examines these increasingly complex problems within the context of the imperial past and of the interwar years. The authors provide a thematic historical survey and analysis of the formative processes of political, social and economic change which have played the paramount roles in shaping the development of this region to the present. They also look at the actual boundaries and definitions of 'Eastern Europe' and provide their own categorisation. The lands which lie between Germany, Italy and the former Tsarist and Soviet empires have had the misfortune, in modern times of being sandwiched between overwhelmingly powerful empires: Germanic on the one side and Ottoman, Tsarist of Soviet on the other. Though giving particular weight to the last century, this book also covers ancient and medieval times, including discussion of: the medieval kingdoms, the Partitions of Poland and the influence of Russia and Prussia. The authors argue that the increasingly complex probles of the post-communist present cannot be understood without the long context offered here. Helpful referencing and a useful bibliography are also provided as aids to research. With the emphasis firmly on issues of national identity, A History of Eastern Europe: Crisis and Change takes economic, sociological, cultural and geographical approaches to the area. As well as thematic and historical persectives, interdisciplinary analyses and comprehensive narratives, this book provides up-to-date, detailed accounts and of recent economic and political changes in individual countries. Versand D: 4,95 EUR , [PU:London/NY, Routledge]<

1989, ISBN: 9780415161121

A History of Eastern Europe: Crisis and Change is a wide-ranging single volume history of the lands between, the lands which have lain between Germany, Italy, and the Tsarist and Soviet e… Mehr…

A History of Eastern Europe: Crisis and Change is a wide-ranging single volume history of the lands between, the lands which have lain between Germany, Italy, and the Tsarist and Soviet empires.Bideleux and Jeffries examine the problems that have bedevilled this troubled region during its imperial past, the interwar period, under fascism, under communism, and since 1989. While mainly focusing on the modern era and on the effects of ethnic nationalism, fascism and communism, the book also offers original, striking and revisionist coverage of: * ancient and medieval times* the Hussite Revolution, the Renaissance, the Reformation and the Counter-Reformation* the legacies of Byzantium, the Ottoman Empire and the Hapsburg Empire* the rise and decline of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth* the impact of the region's powerful Russian and Germanic neighbours* rival concepts of Central and Eastern Europe* the 1920s land reforms and the 1930s Depression.Providing a thematic historical survey and analysis of the formative processes of change which have played the paramount roles in shaping the development of the region, A History of Eastern Europe itself will play a paramount role in the studies of European historians. Media > Book, [PU: Routledge]<