wired - Eastern Europe 1

In 'The Revolutionary Movement of 1848-9 in Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Germany' by C. Edmund Maurice, the author delves into the political upheavals that swept across Europe during the mid-19th cen……続きを見る

Russia's large-scale invasion on the 24th of February 2022 once again made Ukraine the focus of world media. Behind those headlines remain the complex developments in Ukraine's history, national ide……続きを見る

The Magic Lantern is one of those rare books that define a historic moment, written by a brilliant witness who was also a participant in epochal events. Whether covering Poland’s first free parliame……続きを見る

A lyrical literary memoir that explores the exhilarating, discomforting, and ultimately healing process of Polish-Jewish reconciliation taking place in Poland today Although an estimated 80 percent ……続きを見る

"One of the great stories of our time . . . a wonderful anecdotal history of a great drama." --San Francisco Chronicle Book Review As Washington Post correspondent in Moscow, Warsaw, and Yugoslavia ……続きを見る

He evaded death so many times it seemed it would never take him. The only man in history to go to Auschwitz as a volunteer, to form a resistance movement and document German atrocities. One of the f……続きを見る

Moldova: Arena of International Influences brings international perspective to Moldova’s foreign relations since its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. Eighteen chapters analyze the policy ……続きを見る

After World War II, some 12 million Germans, 3 million Poles and Ukrainians, and tens of thousands of Hungarians were expelled from their homes and forced to migrate to their supposed countries of o……続きを見る

THE PAMPHLETS, ISSUED HERE in book form for the first time (The Russian Tragedy, The Russian Revolution and the Communist Party, The Kronstadt Rebellion), are Alexander Berkman’s first writings after ……続きを見る

In the spring of 1941, when Slovenia was invaded by Germany, Italy, and Hungary, Slovenes faced at best assimilation, and at worst deportation or extermination. Still, a significant number of Sloven……続きを見る

In Erased, Omer Bartov uncovers the rapidly disappearing vestiges of the Jews of western Ukraine, who were rounded up and murdered by the Nazis during World War II with help from the local populace.……続きを見る

In this volume Constantin Iordachi and Kirstof Van Assche take an interdisciplinary look at the history, policy, and culture of the development and politics of the Danube Delta. 続きを見る

Very little is known for certain of one of the most important events in the history of the world, the coming of the Englishmen to England. It took a long time, fully a century, from 450 A.D. to 550 ……続きを見る

“The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.” - Niccolò Machiavelli.   A study of legendary Russian military force The Cossacks, an essay on ……続きを見る

This book examines the emotional aspects of revolutionary experience during a critical turning point in both Russian and Jewish history - the 1905 revolution. Shtakser argues that radicalization inv……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Kulturwissenschaften - Osteuropa, Note: 1,3, Freie Universität Berlin (Osteuropainstitut), Veranstaltung: Nations- und Nationalstaatsbildung in Serbien……続きを見る

Odată cu deschiderea arhivelor fostei Securităţi, au ieşit la iveală detalii legate de racolarea de către autorităţile vremii a unor persoane cu concepţii radicale de dreapta, între care şi militanţ……続きを見る

Elwick explores how the concept of "compound individuality" brought together life scientists working in pre-Darwinian London. Scientists conducting research in comparative anatomy, physiology, cellu……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2005 im Fachbereich Kulturwissenschaften - Osteuropa, Note: 1,0, Universität Leipzig (Institut für Kulturwissenschaften), Veranstaltung: Geschichtserinnerung in Europa, 23……続きを見る

Vasil Levsky, whom the Bulgarians call the Apostle of Freedom, is Bulgaria's national hero; in the early 1870's he led an underground movement against the five-century-old Turkish occupation. A comb……続きを見る

"Zanna Sloniowska writes beautifully; with empathy, sensitivity, and with real political impact . . . an important new voice in Polish literature" OLGA TOKARCZUK, Nobel Prize-winning author of Fligh……続きを見る

Der 24. März 1999 markierte das Ende der europäischen Nachkriegszeit. Mit dem Einsetzen der Bombardements gegen serbische und montenegrinische Städte durch die NATO eskalierte die Zerstörung des ehe……続きを見る

Jewish Souls, Bureaucratic Minds examines the phenomenon of Jewish bureaucracy in the Russian empireーits institutions, personnel, and policiesーfrom 1850 to 1917. In particular, it focuses on the i……続きを見る

George Nafziger translates a classic account of Bohdan Khmelnytsky's revolt in the Hetmanate from 1648 to 1651 続きを見る

In The Space of Boredom Bruce O'Neill explores how people cast aside by globalism deal with an intractable symptom of downward mobility: an unshakeable and immense boredom. Focusing on Bucharest, Ro……続きを見る

[Dr. Reicher] lived through the Second World War in Poland, dodging bullets, uprisings and deportations-not to mention betrayal, starvation and airless hideouts-in a manner more reminiscent of a ta……続きを見る

This volume presents a collection of diplomatic documents describing Britain’s relations with Eastern Europe from 1979 to 1982, with special focus on the crisis in Poland. After coming to power in 1……続きを見る

Mit insgesamt 143 Dekreten kämpfte der erste tschechoslowakische Präsident Edvard Beneš vom englischen Exil aus gegen das NS-Besatzungsunrecht. Er schuf damit die verfassungsmäßige Grundlage für ein……続きを見る

Originally published in 1932, this is a fascinating historical biography of Edward of Woodstock, better known as Edward the Black Prince, penned by renowned historian Henry Dwight Sedgwick. Edward o……続きを見る

This book analyses the role of legitimacy in explaining local actors’ compliance with international peacebuilding operations. The book provides a comparative, micro-level study of local actors’ reas……続きを見る