The main issues arising from the encounter between Roma people and surrounding European society since the time of their arrival in Medieval Europe until today are discussed in this work.
People face serious difficulties in making sense of each other's feelings, behaviour, and discourse in everyday life and after traumatic experiences. Acknowledging and working through these difficulties is the subject of this book.
Democracy on a Tightrope explores the complex relationship between politics and bureaucracy in Brazil’s democratic development since the 1988 Constitution.
Examines two towns, Trent in northern Italy and Sandomierz in eastern Poland, both sites of anti-Jewish blood libels (in 1475 and... Læs mere
The theme of the book is crisis, conjuncture, and rupture. The book seeks to open up to new adventures in thought, imagining new openings, and creating exits from the situation we find ourselves in.
The memoirs of the Polish-Jewish writer, physician, and humanitarian aid activist, Alina Margolis-Edelman (1922–2008), present the life of its author from her childhood in .ód., Poland till the end of the World War II.
Details Hungary's place on the map of European literacy rates between the Renaissance and Reformation and the developed, state-organized educational systems of the later 19th century. A broad international comparative analysis between literacy rates and written and oral culture.
This book compares the various aspects - political, military economic - of Soviet occupation in Austria, Hungary and Romania. By bringing... Læs mere
Distinguished scholars from both Europe and North America explore various aspects of nationalism and shed light on current theories in this area of crucial importance to an understanding of world politics today.
This is an assessment of the Central and East European Publishing Project, an initiative designed to support embattled Central and East European publishers and journals, and to punch holes through the cultural Iron Curtain by encouraging translations.
This volume provides the first systematic analysis of how museums and cinema in Central and Eastern Europe... Læs mere
Examines imperial methods in the Habsburg Monarchy, Ottoman Empire, Hohenzollern rule, Imperial Russia, and Spanish Empire, analyzing imperial elites, the role of nations, religions and... Læs mere