A History of Eastern Europe: Crisis and Change / Edition 2

by Robert Bideleux, Ian Jeffries

Overview

This welcome second edition of A History of Eastern Europe provides a thematic historical survey of the formative processes of political, social and economic change which have played paramount roles in shaping the evolution and development of the region.

Subjects covered include:

• Eastern Europe in ancient, medieval and early modern times
• the legacies of Byzantium, the Ottoman Empire and the Habsburg Empire
• the impact of the region's powerful Russian and Germanic neighbours
• rival concepts of 'Central' and 'Eastern' Europe
• the experience and consequences of the two World Wars
• varieties of fascism in Eastern Europe
• the impact of Communism from the 1940s to the 1980s
• post-Communist democratization and marketization
• the eastward enlargement of the EU.

A History of Eastern Europe now includes two new chronologies – one for the Balkans and one for East-Central Europe – and a glossary of key terms and concepts, providing comprehensive coverage of a complex past, from antiquity to the present day.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415366267
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/29/2007
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	718
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Bideleux, Robert; Jeffries, Ian

Table of Contents

Part 1: The Balkan Peninsula from Graeco-Roman Times to the First World War Part 2: East Central Europe from the Roman Period to the First World War Part 3: From National Self-determination to Fascism and the Holocaust: the Balkans and East Central Europe, 1918–45 Part 4: In the Shadow of Yalta: The Communist-Dominated Balkans and East Central Europe, 1945–89Part 5: Post-Communist Transformations

Editorial Reviews

Provides a thematic historical survey and analysis of the formative processes of political, social, and economic change which have played major roles in shaping the development of the region. While mainly concentrating on the modern era and the effects of ethnic nationalism, fascism, and communism, coverage also includes ancient and medieval times, the legacies of the Ottoman and Hapsburg empires, the impact of Germany and Russia, 1920s land reforms and the 1930s Depression, and democratization and the return to Europe. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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