Security Empire. The Secret Police in Communist Eastern Europe, Hardback - Molly Pucci

A compelling examination of the establishment of the secret police in Communist Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Eastern Germany

Communism in Eastern Europe is a groundbreaking new survey of the history of Eastern Europe since 1945. It examines how Communist governments came ...

This book reassesses a defining historical, political and ideological moment in contemporary history: the 1989 revolutions in central and eastern E...

The volume offers an exploration of communism in Central and Eastern Europe through the prism of generation and gender. Both concepts are used as a...

DescriptionHow homophobic backlash unexpectedly strengthened mobilization for LGBT political rights in post-communist Europe While LGBT activism ha...

DescriptionThis collection of essays explores intermediality as a new perspective in the interpretation of the cinemas that have emerged after the ...

Provides a comprehensive analysis of family issues in Eastern Europe. Bringing together scholars from 14 Eastern European countries, this book expl...

This book intends to be a contribution to the varieties of capitalism paradigm. The theoretical background is Weber 's theory of legitimacy. Was co...

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Given the interdisciplinary nature of the book's subject matter, it will be of interest to historians, political scientists, and sociologists. In p...

Middle Eastern Christians are often portrayed as a homogeneous, helpless group ever at the mercy of their Muslim enemies, a situation that only Wes...

Publisher: Liverpool University PressNumber of pages: 475Collection: Polin: Studies in Polish JewryPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 164 x 240 x 31...

Waitman Wade Beorn's The Holocaust in Eastern Europe provides a comprehensive history of the Holocaust in the region that was the central location ...

"An exploration of the factors behind neoliberalism's resilience in developing economies and what this could mean for democracy's future"--

This volume is a compilation of articles written by renowned scholars and promising young researchers, in which the Jewish space is revealed as div...

Canadian Spy Story takes readers into a dark and dangerous world of betrayal and deception, spies and informers, invasion and assassination. David ...

Rare is the opportunity to see, much less own, an original. But this unusual, carefully crafted reproduction of Benjamin Graham and David Dodd's im...

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Describes the events leading up to the French invasion of Egypt, and the disastrous Battle of the Nile.Illustrations: 1x16 colour plates

The Imperial Security State: British Colonial Knowledge and Empire-Building in Asia - James Hevia

This is the first comprehensive academic study of the history of performance art in Eastern Europe. It is a comparative study that covers twenty-on...

A political science perspective on higher education reform in Central and Eastern Europe. Examines the impact of historical institutions and transn...

Exposes the reality of the fallout of the Second World War, and the reciprocal actions against Germany's initiation of the war.Illustrations: 40 bl...

Reducere. Europe remains divided between east and west, with differences caused and worsened by uneven economic and political development. Amid these divisio...

Reducere. Europe remains divided between east and west, with differences caused and worsened by uneven economic and political development. Amid these divisio...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Ronald A. BleekerIllustration(s): 10 bw illusNumber of pages: 248Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 1...

Reducere. Nostalgia in Central and Eastern Europe: From Literature and Film to Medi a Alexandru Condrache's book scans nostalgy's landscapes with gusto aplen...

Egypt came to govern Gaza as a result of a war, a failed effort to maintain Arab Palestine. Throughout the twenty years of its administration (1948...

Provincializing the history of the Ottoman Empire, this book provides a critical approach to the projects of 'modernity' that took place in the Eas...

Reform of the welfare sector is an important yet difficult challenge for countries in transition from socialist central planning to market-oriented...

DescriptionHow socialist architects, planners, and contractors worked collectively to urbanize and develop the Global South during the Soviet eraIn...

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DescriptionThe story of the experimental zeitgeist in Eastern European art, seen through personal encounters, pioneering dialogues, collaborative p...

The eastern Roman Empire was the largest state in western Eurasia in the sixth century. A century later, it was a fraction of its former size. Rava...

Reducere. If you want to discover captivating stories of people and events of the Byzantine Empire then keep reading...The Byzantine Empire was founded durin...

This Element outlines the characteristics of Central & Eastern Europe (CEE) digital markets, along with an additional contextual layer investigatin...

In God is Red, Chinese dissident journalist and poet Liao Yiwu--once lauded, later imprisoned, and now celebrated author of For a Song and a Hundre...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Jan (Max Planck Institute, Germany) DrahokoupilNumber of pages: 238Publication date: 2010Dimensions: 156 ...

"China's Dream is the first book to explore the Communist Party as a cultural, rather than a political, entity. Kerry Brown takes us on a fascinati...

A combination of rigorous analysis and case material; this book is an essential guide to trade and industry developments in Central and Eastern Eur...

Publisher: Page Street Publishing Co.Author(s): Hanady NabutIllustration(s): 60 photosNumber of pages: 168Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 204 x 2...

Colonial hierarchy and race fueled rapid militarization in the British Empire that shaped the violent course of the twentieth century. This innovat...

China is the second-largest economy in the world yet it faces serious energy security challenges due to the country's reliance on coal, a fuel with...

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Reducere. The devastation of the Second World War is coming to an end. As victory for the Grand Alliance draws close, the leaders of Great Britain, the Sovie...

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Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Moon-Ho JungIllustration(s): 32 b-w illustrationsNumber of pages: 368Collection: American Cross...

Reducere. The postsocialist contemporary uses a historical perspective of Eastern Europe to intervene in a wider conversation about "contemporary art." It re...

Reducere. Winner of these international book awards (1st edition of "Police Wife"): - American Society of Journalists and Authors' Arlene Book Award for Writ...