Table of contents:
Preface, Introduction: Crisis and change in East-Central and South-Eastern Europe, Part I. The 'Balkanization' of south-eastern Europe: from ancient times to the First World War, Introduction to Part I: The Process of 'Balkanization', 1. South-Eastern Europe before the Ottomans, 2. The Rise of the Ottoman Empire, 3. The Seeds of Ottoman Decline, 4. The Decay of the Ottoman Empire and the Emergence of Balkan 'National' States, Part II: East-Central Europe prior to the Habsburg ascendancy, Introduction to Part II: The Disputed Roots of East-Central Europe, 5. The Vicissitudes of Poland, 6. The Rise and Decline of the Kingdom of Hungary, 7. The Kingdom of Bohemia and the Hussite Heritage, Part III: East Central Europe during the Habsburg ascendancy, Introduction to Part III: The Importance of being Austria, 8. The Rise of the Habsburg Empire, 9. An Empire in Crisis: East-Central Europe and the Revolutions of 1848-49, 10. Capitalism and the Seeds of Social Revolution in Austria and Hungary, 12. War, Nationalism and Imperial Disintegration, Part IV: Eastern Europe between the two World Wars, Introduction to Part IV: The New Political Order in Eastern Europe, 13. The Aftermath of the First World War, 14. The 1930s Depression and its Consequences, 15. The Plight of the Peasantry, 16. The Failure of Democracy, 17. The Lure of Fascism, 18. Fascism and the Communists' New Road to Power in Europe, Part V: In the shadow of Yalta: Eastern Europe since the Second World War, Introduction to Part V: The East-West Partition of Europe, 19. The Second World War and the Expansion of Communist Power in East-Central and South-Eastern Europe, 20. National Roads to Socialism, 21. From the Crisis of 1968 to the Revolutions of 1989, 22. Eastern Europe since 1989, 23. The New East European Economies: What is to be done?, 24. Conclusion: A Faltering Return to a Mean-Spirited Europe, Bibliography, Index.
A History of Eastern Europe: Crisis and Change is a wide-ranging single volume history of the "lands between", the lands which have lain between Germany, Italy, and the Tsarist and Soviet empires.
Bideleux and Jeffries examine the problems that have bedevilled this troubled region during its imperial past, the interwar period, under fascism, under communism, and since 1989. While mainly focusing on the modern era and on the effects of ethnic nationalism, fascism and communism, the book also offers original, striking and revisionist coverage of:
- ancient and medieval times
- the Hussite Revolution, the Renaissance, the Reformation and the Counter-Reformation
- the legacies of Byzantium, the Ottoman Empire and the Hapsburg Empire
- the rise and decline of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
- the impact of the region's powerful Russian and Germanic neighbours
- rival concepts of "Central" and "Eastern" Europe
- the 1920s land reforms and the 1930s Depression.
Providing a thematic historical survey and analysis of the formative processes of change which have played the paramount roles in shaping the development of the region,A History of Eastern Europe itself will play a paramount role in the studies of European historians.
The most ambitious and wide-ranging single volume history available on Eastern Europe, this book offers a thematic historical survey and analysis of the formative processes of change which have shaped the region's development.
Preface, Introduction: Crisis and change in East-Central and South-Eastern Europe, Part I. The 'Balkanization' of south-eastern Europe: from ancient times to the First World War, Introduction to Part I: The Process of 'Balkanization', 1. South-Eastern Europe before the Ottomans, 2. The Rise of the Ottoman Empire, 3. The Seeds of Ottoman Decline, 4. The Decay of the Ottoman Empire and the Emergence of Balkan 'National' States, Part II: East-Central Europe prior to the Habsburg ascendancy, Introduction to Part II: The Disputed Roots of East-Central Europe, 5. The Vicissitudes of Poland, 6. The Rise and Decline of the Kingdom of Hungary, 7. The Kingdom of Bohemia and the Hussite Heritage, Part III: East Central Europe during the Habsburg ascendancy, Introduction to Part III: The Importance of being Austria, 8. The Rise of the Habsburg Empire, 9. An Empire in Crisis: East-Central Europe and the Revolutions of 1848-49, 10. Capitalism and the Seeds of Social Revolution in Austria and Hungary, 12. War, Nationalism and Imperial Disintegration, Part IV: Eastern Europe between the two World Wars, Introduction to Part IV: The New Political Order in Eastern Europe, 13. The Aftermath of the First World War, 14. The 1930s Depression and its Consequences, 15. The Plight of the Peasantry, 16. The Failure of Democracy, 17. The Lure of Fascism, 18. Fascism and the Communists' New Road to Power in Europe, Part V: In the shadow of Yalta: Eastern Europe since the Second World War, Introduction to Part V: The East-West Partition of Europe, 19. The Second World War and the Expansion of Communist Power in East-Central and South-Eastern Europe, 20. National Roads to Socialism, 21. From the Crisis of 1968 to the Revolutions of 1989, 22. Eastern Europe since 1989, 23. The New East European Economies: What is to be done?, 24. Conclusion: A Faltering Return to a Mean-Spirited Europe, Bibliography, Index.
A History of Eastern Europe: Crisis and Change is a wide-ranging single volume history of the "lands between", the lands which have lain between Germany, Italy, and the Tsarist and Soviet empires.
Bideleux and Jeffries examine the problems that have bedevilled this troubled region during its imperial past, the interwar period, under fascism, under communism, and since 1989. While mainly focusing on the modern era and on the effects of ethnic nationalism, fascism and communism, the book also offers original, striking and revisionist coverage of:
- ancient and medieval times
- the Hussite Revolution, the Renaissance, the Reformation and the Counter-Reformation
- the legacies of Byzantium, the Ottoman Empire and the Hapsburg Empire
- the rise and decline of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
- the impact of the region's powerful Russian and Germanic neighbours
- rival concepts of "Central" and "Eastern" Europe
- the 1920s land reforms and the 1930s Depression.
Providing a thematic historical survey and analysis of the formative processes of change which have played the paramount roles in shaping the development of the region,A History of Eastern Europe itself will play a paramount role in the studies of European historians.
The most ambitious and wide-ranging single volume history available on Eastern Europe, this book offers a thematic historical survey and analysis of the formative processes of change which have shaped the region's development.