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
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.
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.