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Author : Lawrence Weschler
Publisher : Pantheon
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Passion of Poland, from Solidarity Through the State of War written by Lawrence Weschler and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 1984 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Anna Seleny
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 052183564X
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (218 download)
Download or read book The Political Economy of State-Society Relations in Hungary and Poland written by Anna Seleny and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-02-13 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shows how Hungary and Poland led the transformations that brought down Communism.
Author : Harold B. Segel
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN 13 : 0822978024
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (229 download)
Download or read book The Walls Behind the Curtain written by Harold B. Segel and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time, The Walls Behind the Curtain presents a collection of works from East European novelists, poets, playwrights, and essayists who wrote during or after their captivity under communism. Harold B. Segel paints a backdrop of the political culture and prison and labor camp systems of each country, detailing the onerous conditions that writers faced. Segel then offers biographical information on each writer and presents excerpts of their writing.
Author : Heinz-Dietrich Fischer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110862921
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)
Download or read book 1978–1989 written by Heinz-Dietrich Fischer and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2020-01-20 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No detailed description available for "1978-1989".
Author : Piotr S. Wandycz
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351541307
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)
Download or read book The Price of Freedom written by Piotr S. Wandycz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Price of Freedom surveys and explains the fascinating and intricate history of East Central Europe - the present day countries of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. Taking a thematic approach, the author explores such issues and controversies as the tension between the industrial developed West and the agrarian East Central Europe, the rise of modern nationalism, democracy and authoritarianism and Communism. While the countries of East Central Europe have differed dramatically from one another, the author asserts that they have been bound by a certain community of fate. These comparisons are traced through the Middle Ages and the Early Modern era to the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This exploration reveals that it is no accident that the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland were the first among the former Soviet bloc nations to be admitted to NATO, and are likely to become the first members of the expanded European Union. Thus an understanding of their experiences, contributions and their place within the European community of nations vastly enriches our knowledge of Europe's past and present.The second edition of this distinguished book brings the history of the region up to date. It discusses the events of the post-communist decade of the 1990s and the problems resulting from the transition to democracy and market economy.
Author : Adrian Webb
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134065205
Total Pages : 477 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (34 download)
Download or read book The Routledge Companion to Central and Eastern Europe since 1919 written by Adrian Webb and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-04-16 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Companion to Central and Eastern Europe since 1919 is a compact and comprehensive reference guide to the area, from the Treaty of Versailles to the present day. With particular focus on the early nationalist and subsequent fascist and communist periods, Adrian Webb provides an essential guide to the events, people and ideas which have shaped, and continue to shape, central and eastern Europe since the re-ordering of Europe at the end of the First World War. Covering cultural, economic, political, and environmental issues, this broad-ranging and user-friendly volume explores both the common heritage and collective history of the region, as well as the distinctive histories of the individual states. Key features include: wide ranging political and thematic chronologies maps for clear visual reference special topics such as the economy, the environment and culture full list of office holders and extensive biographies of prominent people in all fields glossary of specialist terms. With a wealth of chronological, statistical and tabular data, this handy book is an indispensable resource for all those who wish to understand the complex history of central and eastern Europe.
Author : P. Stachura
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1403915903
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (39 download)
Download or read book Poland in the Twentieth Century written by P. Stachura and published by Springer. This book was released on 1999-04-26 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprising mostly original essays, this book offers challenging reassessments of some of the most important and controversial themes in Polish history from 1900 until the present. In analysing Poland's triumphs and tribulations with an informed and searching eye, the author achieves a high level of intellectual coherence and nuanced historical perspectives. The overall result is a major contribution to a field of study which has gained even more significance and scholarly impetus since the collapse of Communism in Poland in 1989/90.
Author : Peter Ackerman
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 125010520X
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)
Download or read book A Force More Powerful written by Peter Ackerman and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This nationally-acclaimed book shows how popular movements used nonviolent action to overthrow dictators, obstruct military invaders and secure human rights in country after country, over the past century. Peter Ackerman and Jack DuVall depict how nonviolent sanctions--such as protests, strikes and boycotts--separate brutal regimes from their means of control. They tell inside stories--how Danes outmaneuvered the Nazis, Solidarity defeated Polish communism, and mass action removed a Chilean dictator--and also how nonviolent power is changing the world today, from Burma to Serbia.
Author : Brian Porter-Szücs
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1444332198
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (443 download)
Download or read book Poland in the Modern World written by Brian Porter-Szücs and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-03-17 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poland in the Modern World presents a history of the country from the late nineteenth century to the present, incorporating new perspectives from social and cultural history and positioning it in a broad global context Challenges traditional accounts Poland that tend to focus on national, political history, emphasizing the country's 'exceptionalism'. Presents a lively, multi-dimensional story, balancing coverage of high politics with discussion of social, cultural and economic changes, and their effects on individuals’ daily lives. Explores both the regional diversity within Poland and the country’s place within Europe and the wider world. Provides a new interpretive framework for understanding key historical events in Poland’s modern history, including the experiences of World War II and the postwar communist era.
Author : Christian Caryl
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0465065643
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)
Download or read book Strange Rebels written by Christian Caryl and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2014-03-11 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few moments in history have seen as many seismic transformations as 1979. That single year marked the emergence of revolutionary Islam as a global political force, the beginning of market revolutions in China and Britain that would radically alter the international economy, and the first stirrings of the resistance movements in Eastern Europe and Afghanistan that ultimately led to the collapse of the Soviet Union. In Strange Rebels, veteran journalist Christian Caryl shows how the world we live in today and the problems that plague it began to take shape in this pivotal year. Weaving the story of each of these counterrevolutions into a brisk, gripping narrative, Strange Rebels is a groundbreaking account of how these upheavals marked a startling conservative challenge to communist and socialist systems around the globe, giving birth to our modern age in the process.
Author : Piotr Wróbel
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135926948
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (359 download)
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Poland 1945-1996 written by Piotr Wróbel and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-27 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Located between the former Soviet Union and eastern Germany, Poland has the potential to become a political and economic bridge between the East and West. It is crucial to European security and stabilization; yet the list of reference books on recent Polish history is very short. This book fills that gap, providing information on Polish political, economic, and cultural history since 1945.
Author : Lawrence D. Orton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book East Central Europe written by Lawrence D. Orton and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Wojciech Roszkowski
Publisher : Instytut Studiów Politycznych Polskiej Akademii Nauk, Instytut Jagielloński
ISBN 13 : 8365972204
Total Pages : 554 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (659 download)
Download or read book East Central Europe written by Wojciech Roszkowski and published by Instytut Studiów Politycznych Polskiej Akademii Nauk, Instytut Jagielloński. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is East Central Europe? Can it be defined with any precision? The question of definition is a difficult one as is ussually the case concerning borderlands whose historical developments show little continuity and an uncertain identity born of the conflict between aspirations and reality. It is in East Central Europe that „no peace settlement is ever final, no frontiers are secure and each generation must begin its work anew”. Is there any chance that this definition will become out of date?
Author : Arthur R. Rachwald
Publisher : Hoover Press
ISBN 13 : 9780817989637
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (896 download)
Download or read book In Search of Poland written by Arthur R. Rachwald and published by Hoover Press. This book was released on 1990-10 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Solidarity, Arthur Rachwald concludes, was the weight that tipped the scales toward democracy as Poland balanced precariously between democracy and Marxist-Leninst totalitarianism. An international event, that appearance in Poland of Solidarity--the first independent and self-governing labor union in the Soviet bloc--met strong reactions in the East and West. Moscow perceived Solidarity as the most destablizing challenge to its imperial order in Eastern Europe since Titoism in 1948. Professor Rachwald's timely book details the extraordinary events that led to the June 1989 semifree elections, which placed the government of Poland in the hands of a Solidarity-led coalition, and culminated in the self-dissolution of the Polish Communist party. Using documents and reports in Polish, Russian, and English, Arthur Rachwald compares U.S. Soviet, and Polish authorities' reactions to events in Poland during the 1980s as well as analyzes U.S.-Polish relations and their effect on the Polish government's domestic and foreign policies. The author gives careful attention to the complex relations among the political players, particularly the communist authorities and the Roman Catholic church. Exploring one of the most critical political developments of our time, he discusses the pivotal position, politically and geographically, that Poland occupies in Eastern Europe.
Author : Kathleen Cioffi
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134374453
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (343 download)
Download or read book Alternative Theatre in Poland written by Kathleen Cioffi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-07-04 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The complex nature of the relationship between theatre and politics is explored in this study of the Polish theatre scene. It traces the development of the alternative theatre movement from its origins, in the 1950s, through to its decline in the late 1980s.
Author : Joshua D. Zimmerman
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674984277
Total Pages : 641 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (749 download)
Download or read book Jozef Pilsudski written by Joshua D. Zimmerman and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2022-06-28 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative biography of Jozef Pilsudski, a key figure in interwar Europe regarded as the founding hero of a pluralistic and democratic modern Poland. After the first elected president was assassinated, Pilsudski lost faith in Poles’ commitment to democracy, led a military coup, and ruled as a strongman, leaving a complicated legacy.
Author : Timothy Garton Ash
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300095685
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (956 download)
Download or read book The Polish Revolution written by Timothy Garton Ash and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1980, workers in Gdansk won from their communist rulers the right to form independent trade unions. In this eyewitness account, Ash describes the defiance of the strikers, the emergence of Lech Walesa and the declaration of martial law.
