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1 online resource |
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Routledge histories of Central and Eastern Europe ; 4 |
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Routledge histories of Central and Eastern Europe ; 4.
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| Contents |
Introduction / Wlodzimierz Borodziej, Stanislav Holubec, and Joachim von Puttkamer -- Groping in the dark : expectations and predictions, 1988-1991 / Philipp Ther -- Catalysts of the collapse and of the transition, 1989-1990 / Mary Elise Sarotte -- Poland and the collapse of the patron in 1989-90 : as seen from the Polish Embassy in Moscow / Wlodzimierz Borodziej -- Tea with the primate : at the roots of political conflict in Poland / Joachim von Puttkamer -- Czechoslovakia's year of decision : from the socialist revolution of 1989 to the "real" revolution of 1990 / James Krapfl -- "Talkin' bout a revolution" : on the social memory of 1989 in Hungary / Éva Kovács -- A transition to what and whose democracy? : 1990 in Bulgaria and Romania / Bogdan C. Iacob -- When the Slovenian Spring turned into a hot summer / Marko Zajc -- 1990 : building democracy in Yugoslavia and the danger of war / Marie Janine Calic -- Transforming industry : on the corporate origins of post-socialist nostalgia in Poland / Joanna Wawrzyniak -- German reunification and the dynamics of migration / Tim Schanetzky -- The party is over : the identities and biographies of Czechoslovak and East German (post)communists in the year 1990 / Stanislav Holubec -- Poland, the German question, and German unification, 1989-1991 / Wlodzimierz Borodziej -- The German question and its European solution / Wilfried Loth |
| Summary |
"Throughout Eastern Europe, the unexpected and irrevocable fall of communism that began in the late 1980s presented enormous challenges in the spheres of politics and society, as well at the level of individual experience. Excitement, uncertainty and fear predicated the shaping of a new order, the outcome of which was anything but predetermined. Recent studies have focused on the ambivalent impact of capitalism. Yet, at the time, parliamentary democracy had equally few traditions to return to, and membership in the European Union was a distant dream at best. Nowadays, as new threats arise, Europe's current political crises prompt us to reconsider how liberal democracy in Eastern Europe came about in the first place. This book undertakes an analysis of the year 1990 in several countries throughout Europe to consider the role of uncertainty and change in shaping political nations"-- Provided by publisher |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Wodzimierz Borodziej is professor of History at Warsaw University, Stanislav Holubec is a researcher at the Institute of History of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, and Joachim von Puttkamer is professor of Eastern European History at Jena University and co-director of the Imre Kertâesz Kolleg |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 09, 2019) |
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Post-communism -- Europe, Central -- History -- 20th century
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Post-communism -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century
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Nineteen ninety, A.D.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Germany.
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HISTORY -- General.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Baltic States.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Eastern.
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Nineteen ninety, A.D.
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Politics and government
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Post-communism
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Europe, Central -- Politics and government -- 1989- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94003220
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Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 1989- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90000580
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| Subject |
Central Europe
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Eastern Europe
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Borodziej, Włodzimierz, editor.
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Holubec, Stanislav, editor.
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Puttkamer, Joachim von, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781351140300 |
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1351140302 |
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9781351140324 |
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1351140329 |
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9781351140294 |
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1351140299 |
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9781351140317 |
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1351140310 |
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