East Central Europe in the Modern World - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook East Central Europe in the Modern World write by Andrew C. Janos. This book was released on 2000. East Central Europe in the Modern World available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A study of East Central Europe and its place in the modern world. Combining narrative with analysis, it presents the past and present of East Central Europe in the larger context of the political and economic history of the continent.
East Central Europe in the Middle Ages, 1000-1500
East Central Europe in the Middle Ages, 1000-1500 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook East Central Europe in the Middle Ages, 1000-1500 write by Jean W. Sedlar. This book was released on 2013-03-01. East Central Europe in the Middle Ages, 1000-1500 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Although the Middle Ages saw brilliant achievements in the diverse nations of East Central Europe, this period has been almost totally neglected in Western historical scholarship. East Central Europe in the Middle Ages provides a much-needed overview of the history of the region from the time when the present nationalities established their state structures and adopted Christianity up to the Ottoman conquest. Jean Sedlar’s excellent synthesis clarifies what was going on in Europe between the Elbe and the Ukraine during the Middle Ages, making available for the first time in a single volume information necessary to a fuller understanding of the early history of present-day Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, and the former Yugoslavia. Sedlar writes clearly and fluently, drawing upon publications in numerous languages to craft a masterful study that is accessible and valuable to the general reader and the expert alike. The book is organized thematically; within this framework Sedlar has sought to integrate nationalities and to draw comparisons. Topics covered include early migrations, state formation, monarchies, classes (nobles, landholders, peasants, herders, serfs, and slaves), towns, religion, war, governments, laws and justice, commerce and money, foreign affairs, ethnicity and nationalism, languages and literature, and education and literacy. After the Middle Ages these nations were subsumed by the Ottoman, Habsburg, Russian, and Prussian-German empires. This loss of independence means that their history prior to foreign conquest has acquired exceptional importance in today’s national consciousness, and the medieval period remains a major point of reference and a source of national pride and ethnic identity. This book is a substantial and timely contribution to our knowledge of the history of East Central Europe.
The Price of Freedom
The Price of Freedom - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Price of Freedom write by Piotr S. Wandycz. This book was released on 2017-07-05. The Price of Freedom available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Price of Freedom surveys and explains the fascinating and intricate history of East Central Europe - the present day countries of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. Taking a thematic approach, the author explores such issues and controversies as the tension between the industrial developed West and the agrarian East Central Europe, the rise of modern nationalism, democracy and authoritarianism and Communism. While the countries of East Central Europe have differed dramatically from one another, the author asserts that they have been bound by a certain community of fate. These comparisons are traced through the Middle Ages and the Early Modern era to the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This exploration reveals that it is no accident that the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland were the first among the former Soviet bloc nations to be admitted to NATO, and are likely to become the first members of the expanded European Union. Thus an understanding of their experiences, contributions and their place within the European community of nations vastly enriches our knowledge of Europe's past and present.The second edition of this distinguished book brings the history of the region up to date. It discusses the events of the post-communist decade of the 1990s and the problems resulting from the transition to democracy and market economy.
East Central Europe between the Two World Wars
East Central Europe between the Two World Wars - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook East Central Europe between the Two World Wars write by Joseph Rothschild. This book was released on 2016-06-01. East Central Europe between the Two World Wars available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. East Central Europe Between The Two World Wars is a sophisticated political history of East Central Europe in the interwar years. Written by an eminent scholar in the field, it is an original contribution to the literature on the political cultures of Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, and the Baltic states.
The Routledge History of East Central Europe since 1700
The Routledge History of East Central Europe since 1700 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Routledge History of East Central Europe since 1700 write by Irina Livezeanu. This book was released on 2017-03-16. The Routledge History of East Central Europe since 1700 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Covering territory from Russia in the east to Germany and Austria in the west, The Routledge History of East Central Europe since 1700 explores the origins and evolution of modernity in this turbulent region. This book applies fresh critical approaches to major historical controversies and debates, expanding the study of a region that has experienced persistent and profound change and yet has long been dominated by narrowly nationalist interpretations. Written by an international team of contributors that reflects the increasing globalization and pluralism of East Central European studies, chapters discuss key themes such as economic development, the relationship between religion and ethnicity, the intersection between culture and imperial, national, wartime, and revolutionary political agendas, migration, women’s and gender history, ideologies and political movements, the legacy of communism, and the ways in which various states in East Central Europe deployed and were formed by the politics of memory and commemoration. This book uses new methodologies in order to fundamentally reshape perspectives on the development of East Central Europe over the past three centuries. Transnational and comparative in approach, this volume presents the latest research on the social, cultural, political and economic history of modern East Central Europe, providing an analytical and comprehensive overview for all students of this region.
