The Routledge history of East Central Europe since 1700 /

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Imprint:Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.
©2017
Description:xvi, 522 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
Language:English
Series:The Routledge histories
Routledge histories.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11030519
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Other authors / contributors:Livezeanu, Irina, editor.
Klimó, Árpád von, editor.
ISBN:9780415584333
0415584337
9781315230894
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"Covers territory from Russia in the east to Germany and Austria in the west, exploring the origins and evolution of modernity in this region"--Provided by the publisher.
Table of Contents:
  • List of maps
  • List of figures
  • List of tables
  • Notes on contributors
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Space: empires, nations, borders
  • 2. Rural and urban worlds: between economic modernization and persistent backwardness
  • 3. Demography and population movements
  • 4. Religion and ethnicity: conflicting and converging identifications
  • 5. The cultures of East Central Europe: imperial, national, revolutionary
  • 6. Women's and gender history
  • 7. Political ideologies and political movements
  • 8. Communism and its legacy
  • 9. Returning to "Europe" and the rise of Europragmatism: party politics and the European Union since 1989
  • 10. Uses and abuses of the past
  • Index