Socialism Goes Global - The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in the Age of Decolonisation

The first work to provide a broad history of the relationship between Eastern Europe and the decolonising world ranging from the nineteenth to the late twentieth century. At its core is the post-1945 period, when socialism's importance as a globalising force accelerated and drew together what contemporaries called the 'Second' and 'Third Worlds'.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: James Mark and Steffi Marung: Origins


• 2: Eric Burton, James Mark, and Steffi Marung: Development


• 3: Péter Apor: War and Peace


• 4: Paul Betts and Radina Vüeti¿: Culture


• 5: Paul Betts: Rights


• 6: James Mark: Race


• 7: Bogdan C. Iacob: Health


• 8: Alena Alamgir: Mobility: Education and Labour


• 9: Péter Apor and James Mark: Homefront

About the author

James Mark is Professor of Modern European History at the University of Exeter. He has published widely on the social and cultural history of Communism, history and memory, and the global history of Eastern Europe. He is the author of three monographs, most recently co-authoring 1989: A Global History of Eastern Europe with Bogdan Iacob, Tobias Rupprecht, and Ljubica Spaskovska.

Paul Betts is Professor of Professor of Modern European History at St Antony's College, Oxford, and previously taught at the University of Sussex and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He has published widely on 20th century European cultural history, and is the author of three monographs, most recently Ruin and Renewal: Civilising Europe after World War II (2020). He has also published seven co-edited volumes, and serves on the Editorial Board of Past & Present.

Summary

The first work to provide a broad history of the relationship between Eastern Europe and the decolonising world ranging from the nineteenth to the late twentieth century. At its core is the post-1945 period, when socialism's importance as a globalising force accelerated and drew together what contemporaries called the 'Second' and 'Third Worlds'.

Additional text

Rich in evidence and imaginative in conception, it is a testament to the value of collective scholarship in the writing of global history.

Product details

• Authors: James (Professor of Modern European History Mark
• Assisted by: Paul Betts (Editor), Betts Paul (Editor), James Mark (Editor), Mark James (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780192848857
• ISBN: 978-0-19-284885-7
• No. of pages: 376
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Eastern Europe, Russia, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, General & world history, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, General and world history, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, HISTORY / Russia / General