Central Europe Enemies, Neighbors, Friends |
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Author:
| Johnson, Lonnie R. |
ISBN: | 978-0-19-514826-8 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2001 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $49.00 |
Book Description:
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This second edition of Central Europe (originally published in 1996) contains a new epilogue, updated to cover events since 1995, and updaed maps. Central Europe abandons the Cold War convention of defining Central Europe in the bipolar terms of East and West, and emphasizes the underlying continuities in the region's history. It opens with the initial conversion of the pagan peoples of the region to Christianity before 1000 A.D. and ends with the revolutions of 1989 and the problems...
More DescriptionThis second edition of Central Europe (originally published in 1996) contains a new epilogue, updated to cover events since 1995, and updaed maps. Central Europe abandons the Cold War convention of defining Central Europe in the bipolar terms of East and West, and emphasizes the underlying continuities in the region's history. It opens with the initial conversion of the pagan peoples of the region to Christianity before 1000 A.D. and ends with the revolutions of 1989 and the problems of post-Communist states today. Johnson provides a broad comparative overview of the events, national traditions, conflicts, and patterns of development that are essential for an appreciation of how Central Europeans view their histories, themselves, and each other.