Eastern Europe: - States and Societies 1945 - 2000

Zusatztext 'Pittaway's writing style is direct and supple! and his arguments are well presented. This is a great addition to the scholarship on communist Eastern Europe! and it will be useful to instructors of undergraduate classes as well as researchers. Highly recommended.' Informationen zum Autor Mark Pittaway was Senior Lecturer in European Studies at the Open University, UK. His books include Globalization and Europe (2003), The Fluid Borders of Europe (2003) and the posthumous collection of essays, From the Vanguard to the Margins: Workers in Hungary, 1939 to the Present (2015), edited by Adam Fabry. Klappentext This book examines the post-war history of Eastern Europe from the perspective of social history. It examines the nature and impact of socialist dictatorships on life in the region, and reveals the extent to which phenomena that emerged during the dictatorships are shaping society in the region today. It also integrates research conducted in the archives opened in the last eleven years into a general history of the region. Vorwort This book examines the post-war history of Eastern Europe from the perspective of social history. It examines the nature and impact of socialist dictatorships on life in the region, and reveals the extent to which phenomena that emerged during the dictatorships are shaping society in the region today. Zusammenfassung This book examines the post-war history of Eastern Europe from the perspective of social history. It examines the nature and impact of socialist dictatorships on life in the region, and reveals the extent to which phenomena that emerged during the dictatorships are shaping society in the region today.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Pittaway, Pittaway Mark
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2004
• EAN: 9780340762196
• ISBN: 978-0-340-76219-6
• No. of pages: 296
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 220 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Brief Histories
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Eastern Europe, European History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Politics & government, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, Politics and government, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period)