Title Socialism goes global : the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in the age of decolonisation / edited by James Mark, Paul Betts

Edition First edition Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2022 ©2022

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 367 pages) Summary "This collectively written monograph is the first work to provide a broad history of the relationship between Eastern Europe and the decolonising world. It ranges from the late nineteenth to the late twentieth century, but at its core is the dynamic of the post-1945 period, when socialism's importance as a globalising force accelerated and drew together what contemporaries called the 'Second' and 'Third Worlds'. At the centre of this history is the encounter between the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe on one hand, and a wider world casting off European empires or struggling against western imperialism on the other. The origins of these connections are traced back to new forms of internationalism enabled by the Russian Revolution; the interplay between the first 'decolonisation' of the twentieth century in Eastern Europe and rising anti-colonial movements; and the global rise of fascism, which created new connections between East and South. The heart of the study, however, lies in the Cold War, when these contacts and relationships dramatically intensified. A common embrace of socialist modernisation and anti-imperial culture opened up possibilities for a new and meaningful exchange between the peripheries of Eastern Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Such linkages are examined across many different fields - from health to archaeology, economic development to the arts - and through many people - from students to experts to labour migrants - who all helped to shape a different form and meaning of globalisation."-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Socialism -- History -- 20th century Globalization. Decolonization -- History -- 20th century globalism. Decolonization Diplomatic relations Globalization Socialism SUBJECT Europe, Eastern -- Foreign relations -- Developing countries Developing countries -- Foreign relations -- Europe, Eastern Subject Developing countries Eastern Europe Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Mark, James, editor. Betts, Paul, 1963- editor ISBN 9780192665201 0192665200 9780192665218 0192665219 9780191944123 0191944122

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