List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: The Emerging West as Ideal and Model for the East 1. The Challenge of the Rising West and the Lack of Response in the "Sleeping" East 2. Romanticism and Nationalism in Central and Eastern Europe 3. Uprisings and Reforms: The Struggle for Independence and Modernization 4. Economic Modernization in the Half Century before World War I 5. Social Changes: "Dual" and "Incomplete" Societies 6. The Political System: Democratization versus Authoritarian Nationalism Epilogue: World War I Bibliography Index
Ivan T. Berend is Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles. Author of Decades of Crisis: Central and Eastern Europe before World War II (California, 1998) and of Central and Eastern Europe 1944-1993 (1996), he has now, with his informal "trilogy," performed the remarkable feat of laying the entire modern history of the region before the English-speaking audience.
"Always interesting... a provocative overview of a complex region that is still undergoing change... Highly recommended." - Choice: Current Reviews For Academic Libraries "For Berend, history is a whole, and when cultural, economic, social, and political trends are taken together, they distinguish central and east Europeans from the rest of Europe.... Berend, a first-rate economic historian, treats the often neglected economic dimension with special skill." - Foreign Affairs"
 |
Ask a Question About this Product More... |
|
