A History of Eastern Europe: Crisis and Change

Paperback

Main Details

Title A History of Eastern Europe: Crisis and Change
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Robert Bideleux
By (author) Ian Jeffries
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback
Pages:720
Dimensions(mm): Height 246,Width 174
ISBN/Barcode 9780415366274
ClassificationsDewey:947
Audience
Undergraduate
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Edition 2nd Revised edition
Illustrations 5 black & white line drawings

Publishing Details

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint Routledge
Publication Date 15 August 2007
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

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.