Presents a historical ethnography of Romania's secret police (Securitate) based on newly opened archives and personal memories,... Læs mere
Provides an introduction to the Cyrillic collection, and contains descriptions of the fifty-six Slavonic Cyrillic codices or fragments thereof held by the National Szechenyi Library in Budapest.
Using a wide selection of sources from different regions of the country, the book examines the sensitive issue of the changing perspectives on several events discussed in the new narratives of the Stalin years published in the Ukraine since the late Gorbachev period until 2005.
This book provides essential analysis of how historical knowledge is contested, revised, and democratized in the contemporary era,... Læs mere
The 20 essays in this volume, written by distinguished scholars of eugenics and fascism alongside a new generation of scholars, excavate the hitherto unknown eugenics movements in Central and Southeast Europe, including Austria and Germany.
This is the first book to document, analyze, and interpret the history of the Warsaw Pact based on the archives of the alliance itself.
Ascensions on high took many forms in Jewish mysticism and they permeated most of its history from its inception until Hasidism. The book... Læs mere
Expanding the horizon of accounts of art under communism, The Green Bloc uncovers the history of artistic engagement with the natural environment in the Eastern Bloc.
Examines the role history has played as an arbiter of right and wrong through 3 instances where repudiation of the past was conceived as a path to a better future: the... Læs mere
The text which has been extensively revised since its original publication in Hungarian, and an entirely new chapter has been added on the Bauhaus's Russian... Læs mere
Roberts' book follows in the tradition of recent scholarship that seeks to emphasize the importance of popular culture and the wealth of knowledge that can be gained through an analysis of the daily lives and practices of individuals.