Examines the interconnected themes of socialism, capitalism, democracy, and systemic change, with a central focus on the capitalism/socialism opposition that... Læs mere
This life history of Charles IV of Bohemia covers his life until his election as King of Germany in 1346. He describes his childhood, spent mainly in the court of French kings, his juvenile years, his marriage and his first steps into the international political scene.
The first work that covers the post-Communist development of historical studies in six Eastern European countries: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia.
This is a collection of essays on current questions of historiography, illustrated with reference to Islamic historiography.
The seven essays in this volume focus such previously unexplored subjects as the world's first cookbook printed in Hebrew letters, published in 1854, and a wonderful 19th-century Jewish cookbook, which in addition to its Hungarian edition was also published in Dutch in Rotterdam.
Explores how 2 dominant stereotypes—bad Gypsies associated with criminality, lack of education, and backwardness over... Læs mere
This book compares the results of twenty years of international media assistance in the five countries of the western Balkans. It asks what happens to imported models when they are applied to newly evolving media systems in societies in transition.
During a five-month stint in Serbia's Ministry of Economy in 2013-2014, Dušan Pavlovi? diagnosed how a group of tycoons and... Læs mere
Examines the Report of the International Commission to Inquire into the Causes and Conduct of the Balkan Wars, published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington in early summer 1914.
This collective work analyzes the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, providing a coherent picture of Ukraine and Eastern Europe in the period 2013-2020.
Spirit possession, often misunderstood through Western dualistic notions, is redefined in this book as communication,... Læs mere
The authors of this edited volume address the hidden attraction that existed between the extremes of left and right, and of internationalism and nationalism under the decades of communist dictatorship in Eastern Europe.