Price of Freedom - A History of East Central Europe From the Middle Ages to the Present

Informationen zum Autor Piotr S. Wandycz Klappentext The Price of Freedom surveys and explains the fascinating and intricate history of East Central Europe - the present day countries of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland. Zusammenfassung The Price of Freedom surveys and explains the fascinating and intricate history of East Central Europe - the present day countries of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: what's in a name? 1. The medieval heritage 2. The challenge of the modern age 3. The seventeenth century crisis 4. Enlightened absolutism or enlightened liberty? 5. The age of liberal nationalism 6. From compromise to independence 7. The difficult independence 8. The hard road to freedom

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• Authors: Wandycz, Piotr S Wandycz, Piotr S. Wandycz, Piotr Stefan Wandycz, Piotr Wandycz Wandycz
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.09.2015
• EAN: 9781138130012
• ISBN: 978-1-138-13001-2
• No. of pages: 354
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Cultural Studies, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social