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Historical Dictionary of Hungary
Av S. B. Vardy
Inbunden, 1997
2044 kr
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Formerly a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and situated in the very heart of Central Europe, modern-day Hungary is bordered by Austria, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, Slovakia, Ukraine and Slovenia. Hungary's economy and educational base are among the strongest in Central Europe, and its …
Historical Dictionary of the United Kingdom
Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, Volume 2
Av James Panton, Keith A. Cowlard
Inbunden, 1998
1593 kr
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The United Kingdom remains a central point in any historical study of the Western European tradition, but did not take on its present configuration until 1920. The Historical Dictionary of the United Kingdom Volume 2: Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland is an excellent guide to the history of its …
Historical Dictionary of Poland
Inbunden, 2003
1753 kr
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Poland has had an exceptionally turbulent thousand-year history marked by extremes of national greatness and decline including patrition and foreign occupation. Currently undergoing another dramatic transformation, Poland has been building a democratic and market system since the fall of communism. …
Historical Dictionary of Finland
Av George Maude
Inbunden, 2006
2025 kr
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A part of Sweden until 1809, Finland then became a Grand Duchy of the Russian Empire until it declared its independence on December 6, 1917. From these humble beginnings, Finland has emerged as an important player in the European Union (Finland holds the presidency of the EU in the latter half of …
Historical Dictionary of Lithuania
Inbunden, 2011
1899 kr
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The Lithuanian people have undergone historic changes quite different from those of other European nations. In earlier centuries geography provided strategic advantage and opportunities for expansion but in recent times the country has more often experienced location as a geopolitical curse. After …
Historical Dictionary of Ireland
Inbunden, 2013
2626 kr
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All places undergo change, but in few has this change been quite as sweeping as Ireland – both the independent Republic of Ireland and dependent Northern Ireland – so it is good to see where it is heading at present. Obviously, that has to be judged on the background of where it is coming from, not …
Historical Dictionary of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Av Ante Cuvalo
Inbunden, 2007
2190 kr
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Diversity has always been at the heart of Bosnia and Herzegovina's character; even its dual name and physical geography display a particular heterogeneity. The medieval Bosnian state never enjoyed lasting political and ideological unity as its feudal, regional, and religious rifts pulled at the …
Historical Dictionary of the Contemporary United Kingdom
Av Kenneth J. Panton, Keith A. Cowlard
Inbunden, 2008
2745 kr
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The last quarter of a century, from 1979 to 2007, has been eventful for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The year 1979 brought major changes to the United Kingdom, in particular when the political climate altered radically with the coming to power of the Conservatives under …
Historical Dictionary of France
Av Gino Raymond
Inbunden, 2008
2457 kr
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From the construction of Notre Dame and the Eiffel Tower to the Fall of the Bastille and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen to Napoléon Bonaparte's defeat at Waterloo to Albert Camus' L'Etranger and the existentialism of Jean-Paul Sartre, France has been a part of some of the …
Historical Dictionary of Cyprus
Inbunden, 2009
1608 kr
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Rich with a history stretching back thousands of years and endowed with an Eastern heart and a Western mind, the Mediterranean island of Cyprus is a tourist destination for millions of visitors from around the world every year. However, this beauty of the landscape has been somewhat marred by the …
Historical Dictionary of Austria
Inbunden, 2009
2457 kr
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Austrians today often seem to believe that they have two histories. One is their republican present; the other, the centuries that their forebears spent as part of the multi-ethnic Habsburg Empire. Contemporary Austria is a fixture among Europe's democracies. Yet, it did not achieve this state …
Historical Dictionary of Moldova
Av Andrei Brezianu, Vlad Spânu
Inbunden, 2007
2025 kr
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The Republic of Moldova claims a European lineage reaching back in time long before its 14th century accession to statehood. In the 15th century, it managed against all odds to avoid being conquered by Islam and—albeit an intermittent vassal after 1485—it maintained its autonomy and was never …
Historical Dictionary of the Czech State
Inbunden, 2009
2481 kr
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Czechoslovakia has been at the center of some of the most difficult—and tragic—episodes of modern European history: its sacrifice to Nazi Germany at Munich; the Communist Coup of 1948; and the military crushing of the Prague Spring. It has also enacted momentous change almost magically, as in the …
Historical Dictionary of Modern Greece
Inbunden, 2009
1608 kr
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Located on the southern-most tip of the Balkan peninsula in Europe's southeast, Greece is a small country of some 11 million people. And while few people have a longer history than the Greeks, Modern Greece is a fairly young country, having been founded in 1830. Greece has come a long way since …
Historical Dictionary of Portugal
Av Douglas L. Wheeler, Walter C. Opello Jr.
Inbunden, 2010
1753 kr
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Portugal is a small Western European nation with a large, distinctive past replete with both triumph and tragedy. One of the continent's oldest nation-states, Portugal has frontiers that are essentially unchanged since the late 14th century. The country's unique character and 850-year history as an …
Historical Dictionary of Armenia
Inbunden, 2010
3281 kr
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There are two Armenias: the current Republic of Armenia and historic Armenia. The modern state dates from the early 20th century. Historic Armenia was part of the ancient world and expired in the Middle Ages. Its people, however, survived, and from its residue recreated a new country. The history …
Historical Dictionary of Albania
Av Robert Elsie
Inbunden, 2010
2626 kr
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Albania is not well known by outsiders; it was deliberately closed to the outside world during the communist era. Now it has thankfully become free again, its borders are open and it can be visited, and it is increasingly integrating with the rest of Europe and beyond. Unfortunately, Albania has …
Historical Dictionary of France
Av Gino Raymond
E-bok, 2008
2642 kr
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From the construction of Notre Dame and the Eiffel Tower to the Fall of the Bastille and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen to Napoléon Bonaparte''s defeat at Waterloo to Albert Camus'' L''Etranger and the existentialism of Jean-Paul Sartre, France has been a part of some of the …
Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Macedonia
E-bok, 2009
1910 kr
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Located at the very heart of the Balkans, the Republic of Macedonia has a rich and turbulent history, which reflects all the complexities of the region''s past and present-day politics. In the late 19th and the early 20th century, it became the focal point of competition by the fledgling Balkan …
Historical Dictionary of Cyprus
E-bok, 2009
1710 kr
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Rich with a history stretching back thousands of years and endowed with an Eastern heart and a Western mind, the Mediterranean island of Cyprus is a tourist destination for millions of visitors from around the world every year. However, this beauty of the landscape has been somewhat marred by the …
Historical Dictionary of Austria
E-bok, 2009
2728 kr
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Austrians today often seem to believe that they have two histories. One is their republican present; the other, the centuries that their forebears spent as part of the multi-ethnic Habsburg Empire. Contemporary Austria is a fixture among Europe''s democracies. Yet, it did not achieve this state …
Historical Dictionary of Modern Greece
E-bok, 2009
1727 kr
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Located on the southern-most tip of the Balkan peninsula in Europe''s southeast, Greece is a small country of some 11 million people. And while few people have a longer history than the Greeks, Modern Greece is a fairly young country, having been founded in 1830. Greece has come a long way since …
Historical Dictionary of Moldova
Av Andrei Brezianu, Vlad Spânu
E-bok, 2007
2247 kr
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The Republic of Moldova claims a European lineage reaching back in time long before its 14th century accession to statehood. In the 15th century, it managed against all odds to avoid being conquered by Islam and-albeit an intermittent vassal after 1485-it maintained its autonomy and was never …
Historical Dictionary of Croatia
Inbunden, 2009
2626 kr
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Croatia, a former republic of Yugoslavia, has been a self-declared independent state since July 25, 1991. To its own people, however, it is a much older country that is finally getting another chance to forge a nation. The Croats trace their roots back many centuries, and the depth of this …
Historical Dictionary of the Czech State
E-bok, 2009
2728 kr
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Czechoslovakia has been at the center of some of the most difficult-and tragic-episodes of modern European history: its sacrifice to Nazi Germany at Munich; the Communist Coup of 1948; and the military crushing of the Prague Spring. It has also enacted momentous change almost magically, as in the …
Historical Dictionary of Portugal
Av Douglas L. Wheeler, Walter C. Opello Jr.
E-bok, 2010
1926 kr
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Portugal is a small Western European nation with a large, distinctive past replete with both triumph and tragedy. One of the continent''s oldest nation-states, Portugal has frontiers that are essentially unchanged since the late 14th century. The country''s unique character and 850-year history as …
Historical Dictionary of Ireland
E-bok, 2013
2889 kr
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All places undergo change, but in few has this change been quite as sweeping as Ireland – both the independent Republic of Ireland and dependent Northern Ireland – so it is good to see where it is heading at present. Obviously, that has to be judged on the background of where it is coming from, not …
Historical Dictionary of Kosovo
Av Robert Elsie
Inbunden, 2010
1753 kr
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As the seventh and probably last state to arise from the ruins of the former Yugoslavia, Kosovo is the newest country in Europe. For centuries, Kosovo, also known as Kosova, was part of the Ottoman Empire, and for most of the 20th century, it was a province of what was once Yugoslavia. After the …
Historical Dictionary of Estonia
Av Toivo Miljan
Inbunden, 2015
2626 kr
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Estonia is a small European Union country (population 1.3 million but physically the size of Netherlands and Switzerland) at the historic interface of East and West, Europe and Russia, free from Soviet occupation only for twenty-five years. Estonia boasts many notable achievements in the past has …
Historical Dictionary of Croatia
E-bok, 2009
2826 kr
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Croatia, a former republic of Yugoslavia, has been a self-declared independent state since July 25, 1991. To its own people, however, it is a much older country that is finally getting another chance to forge a nation. The Croats trace their roots back many centuries, and the depth of this …
