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Poland in the 1980s was filled with shuttered restaurants and shops that bore such imaginative names as "bread," "shoes," and "milk products," from which lines could stretch for days on the mere rum……続きを見る

In the midst of a contentious atmosphere of the interwar period, the far-eastern province of Subcarpathian Rus’ attracted the personal curiosity and professional attention of Russian ethnographer an……続きを見る

John “Iwan” Demjanjuk was at the center of one of history’s most complex war crimes trials. But why did it take almost sixty years for the United States to bring him to justice as a Nazi collaborato……続きを見る

In the 1930s, through the prose of Bruno Schulz (1892–1942), the Polish language became the linguistic raw material for a profound exploration of the modern Jewish experience. Rather than turning aw……続きを見る

In March 1968, against the background of the Six-Day War, a campaign of antisemitism and anti-Zionism swept through Poland. The Expulsion of Jews from Communist Poland is the first full-length study……続きを見る

". . . by reconstructing the history/experience of Brzezany in Jewish, Ukrainian, and Polish memories [Redlich] has produced a beautiful parallel narrative of a world that was lost three times over.……続きを見る

Ever wonder why Estonian animation features so many carrots or why cows often perform pyramids? Well, neither question is answered in Chris Robinson's new book, Estonian Animation. Robinson's frank,……続きを見る

Leave on an unforgettable journey through time and culture with "The Great History of Lisbon: Portugal Travel Guide 2024." Drench yourself in the lively embroidery of Lisbon at various times as you ……続きを見る

Winner of the Ethnographic Institute of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SASA) Award, 2025 What role does religion play in migration processes? What is the reason behind migration of religi……続きを見る

From the images carved and painted to the buildings edified, from liturgical objects to reliquaries and tombs, from books to personal objects of piety, this volume reflects the many domains where th……続きを見る

Robert Vipper (1859–1954) war vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg Professor für Universalgeschichte an der Moskauer Universität und hatte sich ebenfalls als Geschichtstheoretiker und Geschichtsdidaktiker einen……続きを見る

This edited collection explores the problem of space under socialist regimes in the twentieth century. Bringing together contributions from international scholars with expertise in the architectural……続きを見る

Le lecteur de ce livre devient le témoin de ces événements si importants du vingtième siècle, jalonnant le chemin de la chute de l’empire communiste. Un récit très vivant, une claire perception des ……続きを見る

The KGB, Russian Academic Imperialism, Ukraine, and Western Academia, 1946-2024 is a study of Soviet and Russian intelligence operations against the centers for Soviet studies in North American acad……続きを見る

The Czech capital has a fascinating history of intrigue. It is a mixture of a past torn between Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire with remarkable monuments and a people whose soul rises above ……続きを見る

Nel 1929 Albert Londres pubblicò su «Le Petit Parisien» ventisette reportage che documentavano la condizione degli ebrei d’Europa. Il quadro che emerge dalla sua ricognizione e dalle sue interviste ……続きを見る

Vasiliy Chuikov offers a detailed history of the Battle of Stalingrad. He was there. Chuikov's account of the battle was first published in 1962. That book was translated into English and published ……続きを見る

Anna Nasilowska's A History of Polish Literature is a one-volume guide that immerses readers in the rich tapestry of Polish literature and reveals its enduring impact on European identity from the M……続きを見る

Der Band befasst sich mit den Grundlagen der gegenwärtigen Beziehungen zwischen zivilen Akteuren und staatlichen Machtstrukturen. Der Schwerpunkt liegt auf dem Themenfeld der öffentlichen Kontrolle ……続きを見る

This textbook offers an up-to-date and incisive overview of contemporary Russia. Systematically covering the country’s history, geography, society, politics, economy and culture, it analyses current……続きを見る

In this path-breaking book, he reflects on the evolution of Polish Jewry in these years against the background of its enormous contribution to Jewish religious traditions and its tragic fate in the ……続きを見る

The acclaimed historian and author of Prague in Black and Gold shares a dramatic account of life in Czechoslovakia's capital under Nazi occupation. From 1939 to 1945, Czechoslovakia endured as a N……続きを見る

Metropolitan Belgrade presents a sociocultural history of the city as an entertainment mecca during the 1920s and 1930s. It unearths the ordinary and extraordinary leisure activities that captured t……続きを見る

Unintended Affinities examines the ways in which German and Polish historians of the nineteenth-century regarded the Holy Roman Empire and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The book parallels how ……続きを見る

Much attention has been given to the role of intellectual dissidents, labor, and religion in the historic overthrow of communism in Poland during the 1980s. Books Are Weapons presents the first Engl……続きを見る

Poland and Russia have a long relationship that encompasses centuries of mutual antagonism, war, and conquest. The twentieth century has been particularly intense, including world wars, revolution, ……続きを見る

No End in Sight offers a critical analysis of Polish cinema and literature during the transformative late Socialist period of the 1970s and 1980s. Anna Krakus details how conceptions of time, perman……続きを見る

Between three and four thousand civilians, primarily Serbian and Jewish, were murdered in the Novi Sad massacre of 1942. Hungarian soldiers and gendarmes carried out the crime in the city and surrou……続きを見る

This volume brings together a diverse group of scholars from North America and Europe to explore the history and memory of Germany’s fateful push for power in the Balkans during the era of the two w……続きを見る

Azan on the Moon is an in-depth anthropological study of people's lives along the Pamir Highway in eastern Tajikistan. Constructed in the 1930s in rugged high-altitude terrain, the road fundamentall……続きを見る