Drawing on a rich array of sources and with many new findings, Drace-Francis shows how the making of m?m?lig? has been shaped by global economic forces and overlapping imperial... Læs mere
Examines how the Lower Danube (between the Romanian-Serbian border and the Black Sea) was effectively transformed during the late 18th and 19th centuries through the remaking of two key stretches—the Iron Gates and the delta.
Demonstrates how Viktor Orbán and his Fidesz party transformed Hungary from a democratic setting into a centralized authoritarian system in less than ten years, using... Læs mere
This book examines how the Russia's police force's systemic weaknesses undermined tsarist rule, impeded liberalizing reforms, perpetuated reliance on the military to maintain law and order, and gave rise to vigilante justice across European Russia.
Utilizing a new framework for examining intellectuals' roles in democratic transitions, Boz?ki analyzes the rise and fall of dissident intellectuals in late 20th-century Hungary, arguing that these intellectuals did not become a New Class but instead led a rolling transition.
Presents a compendium of 100 sources offering an English-language selection of the most representative texts on feminism and women's... Læs mere
Examines the failure of central economic planning through the lens of Czechoslovakia's railway sector, which was once the pride of... Læs mere
Explores Eastern European underground literature, art, film and music before and after communism's fall, challenging the notion of 'Underground' as mere nonconformism by depicting it as a sociopoetic reflection of modernity.
Explores 19th-century imperial responses to modernity, World War I disruptions,... Læs mere
Analysis of success of Hungarian emigrant scientists during waves of emigration from the early 20th... Læs mere
Examines the tensions between civil society and party-political actors in Hungary, where Viktor Orbán's increasingly confident... Læs mere
Augusta Dimou provides a thoroughly researched, interdisciplinary and comparative study of the historical development of copyright regimes in three countries – Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, and Bulgaria.