The book describes how the ethno-symbolic nation of the Belarusian nationalists, based on the cultural capital of the Golden Age of... Læs mere
The monograph investigates the origins of state policy toward population and the family in Bulgaria.
The essays in this volume reflect the broader interpretation of culture as a system of shared meanings, values, attitudes and symbolic forms in any sphere of human life.
This book examines family pictures within the larger context of cultural memory, positioning personal and domestic photography as significant elements in how societies remember and construct their collective identities.
Explores patterns of interaction between the mass media and identity formation in the context of Europeanization.
This dramatic story of land and power from twentieth-century Eastern Europe is set in two extraordinary villages: a rebel... Læs mere
Examines the theoretical and practical outlook of forensic physicians in Imperial Russia, from the 18th to the early 20th centuries, arguing that the interaction between state and these professionals shaped processes of reform in contemporary Russia.
This volume is a collection of chapters that deal with issues of health, hygiene and eugenics in Southeastern Europe to 1945, specifically, in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece and Romania.
Based on previously unexplored archival documentation, this book offers the first general overview of the history of Italian eugenics, not limited to the decades of Fascist regime, but instead ranging from the beginning of the 1900s to the first half of the 1970s.
Connects theoretical debates about trust's role in economic outcomes with current arguments about the origins and lessons of the subprime crisis, examining the mechanisms by which trust influences economic outcomes and the conditions under which these mechanisms prevail.
Studies the unique demographic behavior of Jews in Bohemia (the historic part of the Czech Republic), starting from a moment in history when industrialization in Central Europe was still far away in the future, and when Jews were still living legally restricted lives in ghettos.
This book focuses on the conglomeration of banking and insurance activities among financial institutions of the 15 old members of the European Union, and addresses the development and impact of conglomeration linkages between these fifteen and the ten new member states.