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Perspectives on Democratic Consolidation in Central & Eastern Europe
Av Dirk Berg–schlosser, Dirk Berg-Schlosser m. fl.
Inbunden, 2002
337 kr
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This volume consists of 20 studies on problems related to "transition to democracy" in central and eastern Europe during the decade following the collapse of communist states. The book focuses on preconditions and problems of transitions, case studies, patterns of performance and consolidation and …
Polish Political Emigrés in the United States of America 1831–1864
Av Florian Stastik, James Pula m. fl.
Inbunden, 2002
746 kr
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This is detailed account of the character and problems of Polish emigres in the United States from the end of the Polish uprising of 1830 to the end of the second Polish uprising of 1863. Stasik presents the activities of the Polish political exiles in the United States over a period of more than …
Infamy and Revolt – The Rise of the National Problem in Early Modern Greek Thought
Inbunden, 2006
359 kr
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Historians have long speculated on the role played by the Enlightenment in the rise of nationalism in Eastern Europe and the Balkans. The present volume offers a new perspective on this subject through an examination of the Greek Enlightenment, its aspirations, and its relationship to the larger …
Portrayal of Czechoslovakia in the American Print Media, 1938–1989
Av Gregory Ference, Gregory Ference
Inbunden, 2006
271 kr
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This book tells the history of a tiny country caught up in four major world crises from 1938 to 1989 and how the American print media presented these events to its readers. The contributors discuss how American journalists and political cartoons portrayed, and in some cases stereotyped, …
Hungary, 1920–1925 – Istvan Bethlen and the Politics of Consolidation
Inbunden, 2006
448 kr
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This is the first book in English to comprehensively examine the crucial first five years of Istvan Bethlen's premiership when, following the catastrophe of 1918-1920, he began the reconstruction of the country. Thomas Lorman argues that from 1920 to 1925, Bethlen engaged in a protracted and …
Polyethnic Region in East–Central Europe – Studies in the History of Upper Hungary and Slovakia from the 1600s to the Present
Av Laszlo Szarka, László Szarka
Inbunden, 2012
580 kr
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The studies in A Polyethnic Region in East-Central Europe are devoted to the Hungarian minority in Slovakia, examining the altered Hungarian- Slovak relationship from various angles. They analyze the conflicts between Slovak and Hungarian nationalism, the historical stages in the organization of …
Remnants of the Habsburg Monarchy – The Shaping of Modern Austria and Hungary, 1918–1922
Av John Swanson
Inbunden, 2001
372 kr
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This study examines the Austrian and Hungarian governments' attempts to stabilize their international, domestic and social conditions and legitimize themselves in the new European order after World War I. Austria and Hungary, as remnant states of the Austro-Hungarian empire and thus vanquished …
Studies on the Holocaust – Selected Writings
Inbunden, 2001
337 kr
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This is a collection of seminal essays on the Holocaust in Hungary. Three of these studies deal with the prewar and wartime periods, focusing on the impact of the Vatican and of the Christian churches on the evolution of anti-Semitism, and on the influence of the war on the anti-Jewish policies of …
Semiotics of Visual Languages
Inbunden, 2002
315 kr
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Bogdan sets forth criteria and methods of a structural analysis of the pictorial language as a first step toward a more adequate understanding of the semiotic system of visual arts. A structural approach to this pictorial language is presented along with a discussion of an information-processing …
Eagle and the Cross – A Histroy of the Polish Roman Catholic Union of America 1873–2000
Inbunden, 2003
323 kr
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The Polish Roman Catholic Union of America (PRCUA) is the oldest Polish organization in the United States. At a time when many Polish Americans were disenchanted with the Irish-dominated American Catholic hierarchy, the PRCUA was a bastion of loyalty to the Church and was America's largest …
Soviet and Hungarian Holocaust – A Comparative Essay
Av Tamas Krausz
Inbunden, 2006
271 kr
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Based on newly available archival sources, Krausz examines the holocaust in the Soviet Union and contrasts it with the genocide in Hungary. He studies the roots of Soviet anti-Semitism and its impact on politics before the holocaust. He also explains why the holocaust was a taboo subject in Eastern …
Wild Capitalism – Environmental Activists and Post–Socialist Ecology in Hungary
Inbunden, 2006
264 kr
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Wild Capitalism examines environmental issues in the "New Europe" of the twenty-first century. Specifically, it looks at how the meanings of "civil society" and "environment" have changed as environmentalists encounter the political and ecological realities of life after state socialism. Although …
Balkan Cultural Legacies – Historical, Literary, and Fine Arts Perceptions
Av Jelena Milojkovic–dju, Jelena Milojković-Djurić
Inbunden, 2011
552 kr
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The land, people, and history of the Balkan Peninsula have often attracted the attention of foreign historians and writers. Yet a lack of research in primary sources and an absence of critical evaluations of Serbian, Bosnian, and Croatian histories undermines the credibility of such work. This …
