| Osteuropa Vom Weltkrieg Zur Wende Contributor(s): Muller, Wolfgang (Editor), Portmann, Michael (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3700137915 ISBN-13: 9783700137917 Publisher: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press OUR PRICE: $71.25 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2007 Annotation: This volume deals with formerly neglected aspects of political and cultural history and the history of everyday life and mentalities in Eastern Europe from World War II to 2000. Starting with an essay on the shifting identities of ethnic minorities in the pre-war era, this volume traces the rise of communist rule, its ways of governing, and its crises and aftermath. In 18 methodologically differentiated chapters based on recently discovered documents, the book analyses the political and personal consequences of ethnic, social, and economical change. It also describes structures built up under communist rule, such as the cooperation between East European secret services and the relations between the Kremlin and foreign communist parties. German text. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Modern - 20th Century - History | Eastern Europe - General - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-communism & Socialism |
| Dewey: 947.000 |
| Series: Zentraleuropa-Studien |
| Physical Information: 423 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Osteuropa vom Weltkrieg zur Wende" deals with formerly neglected aspects of political and cultural history and the history of everyday life and mentalities in Eastern Europe from World War II to 2000. Starting with an essay on the shifting identities of ethnic minorities in the pre-war era, this volume traces the rise of communist rule, its ways of governing, and its crises and aftermath. In 18 methodologically differentiated chapters based on recently discovered documents, the book analyses the political and personal consequences of ethnic, social, and economical change. It also describes structures built up under communist rule, such as the cooperation between East European secret services and the relations between the Kremlin and foreign communist parties. |