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Title Behind the Iron Curtain : economic historians during the Cold War, 1945-1989 / Antonie Doležalová, Catherine Albrecht, editors
Published Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2023]
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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 257 pages)
Series Palgrave studies in economic history
Palgrave studies in economic history.
Contents Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- About the Editors -- Contributors -- 1 Introduction: Economic History Revisited -- The Aim of the Book: To Revise the Iron Curtain -- Recognizing the Discipline: The Early Years of the Discipline of Economic History in Future Socialist Countries from Its Origins to World War II -- A Nonuniform Voice: The Development of Economic History in Socialist Countries During the Cold War Era -- Heading West: Factors and Modes of the International Cooperation of Socialist Economic Historians During the Cold War Era
The Plan of the Book -- References -- 2 The USSR: The Ambiguous Case of National Historiography -- Soviet Institutional Framework and Ukrainian Studies -- Close Encounters of the Third Kind -- Diaspora Meets Home Historiography -- Marxism Meets Revisionism -- Nationalism Meets Marxism -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 East Germany: Negotiating Conformity and Innovation -- Economic History Evolution: Historical, Political, and Ideological Background -- The Peculiarities of East German Economic History: A Window Through the Iron Curtain -- The Case of the Nussbaums -- The Case of Jürgen Kuczynski
Conclusion -- References -- 4 Czechoslovakia: Opening Doors to the West -- Watchmen and Protectors: Marxist-Leninist Purity and International Cooperation -- Varieties of East-West Cooperation in Three Case Studies -- Alice Teichova (1920-2015): As If There Were No Borders -- Miroslav Hroch (1932): Not to Waste Any Opportunity! -- The Industrial Revolution Debate of Socialist Style -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 Hungary: Surfing Among Ice Floes -- The Asymmetric Flow of Persons and Ideas -- On Open (Battle)fields -- Conclusion -- References
6 Poland: Economic History Debate Across the Iron Curtain -- Mostly with Marx But Not Entirely with the Party -- Open Window: 1956-1980 -- The Annales' Polish Connection -- Grain Trade, Serfdom, and Capitalism Debate Across the Iron Curtain -- Historians in Hostile Isolation: Halecki and Małowist (On the Two Sides of the Iron Curtain) -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 Yugoslavia: Economic Historiography Between National and International Context -- Scientific Policy and Institutions -- Methodological Concepts and International Cooperation -- The Definition of the Field -- International Cooperation
Cooperation with Non-Aligned Movement Countries -- Conclusion -- References -- 8 Romania: Approaches and Limits of Economic History -- Phases in the Evolution of Romanian Historiography -- Diverse Paths Toward Economic History -- Andrei Oțetea and the Limits of Romanian Economic History During Communism -- Gheorghe Zane, an Economist Turned Economic Historian -- Romanians at the International Economic History Congresses -- Conclusion -- References -- 9 Epilogue -- References -- Index
Summary This edited volume offers a systematic exploration of the relations between Western and Eastern scientists during the Cold War from the Eastern European perspective using the example of economic history. Introducing famous as well as almost forgotten scholars who attempted to eliminate the Iron Curtain and strove to break through the obstacles against the transfer of scientific ideas, the book challenges the narrative of the non-cooperative nature of scientific work during the Cold War due to socialist scientists incapability and disinclination to engage openly in international discussions. The book contributes to a deeper collective understanding of the multiple contemporary ideological and political circumstances that influenced scientific work and individual scientists' careers and explores the options scientists in socialist countries had - and utilized - to develop their research in collaboration with their Western colleagues. Antonie Doležalová is Associate Professor in Economic History at the Faculty of Social Sciences at Charles University in Prague and Senior Member at Robinson College in Cambridge. Dolealov focuses on economic history, its historiography, and the history of economic thought in Central Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries. Catherine Albrecht is Professor of History Emerita at Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio. She is an expert in the history of economic thought in East Central Europe, having published numerous articles on the intersection of economic development and nationalist competition in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
Notes Includes index
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 12, 2023)
Subject Economists -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century
Historians -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century
Historiography -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century
Communism and science -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century
Europe, Eastern -- Economic conditions -- 1945-1989
Communism and science
Economists
Historians
Historiography
Eastern Europe
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Doležalová, Antonie, editor.
Albrecht, Catherine, editor.
ISBN 9783031315787
3031315782