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The long road to victory
Francis Dostál Raška
Social history of fine arts in Hungary, 1867-1918
Erika Szívós
Erika sz�v�s places the fine arts and their practitioners in the political, cultural, and social context of the austro-hungarian monarchy.
Contemporary Portugal
António Costa Pinto
Contemporary portugal: politics, society and culture is an introduction to the evolution of portuguese politics, society and culture in the twentieth century.
The complete house and grounds
Caren Yglesias
Andrew jackson downing, now considered the father of american landscape architecture, was among the first to develop aesthetic theories that differed sharply from those perpetuated in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century europe.
Conrad and Turgenev
Katarzyna Sokołowska
The twentieth volume in the conrad: eastern and western perspectives series, conrad and turgenev: towards the real offers a comparative analysis of joseph conrad's and ivan turgenev's output and focuses on their outlooks and ideas concerning art, p.
The living and the dead
Margaret Stratton
Snaking beneath the streets and crumbling churches of naples is a vast system of ancient catacombs and aqueducts, many lined with skulls in seemingly endless rows stretching far back into the depths of the caverns.
The place of religion in Chicago
Wilbur Zelinsky
With the place of religion in chicago, wilbur zelinsky and stephen a.
Reframing the New topographics
Greg Foster-Rice
In 1975 the exhibition new topographics: photographs of a man-altered landscape crystallized a new view of the american west: the sublime “american” vistas of ansel adams were replaced and subverted by images of a landscape inundated with banal sym.
Fakers
Dinu C. Giurescu
Hungarian Americans in the current of history
Steven Béla Várdy
In twelve essays on hungarian-american history, the authors discuss louis kossuth's tumultuous mid-nineteenth-century visit to the united states, the political activities of hungarian-americans during and after world war ii, and the question of dual and m.
The living and the dead
Margaret Stratton
Snaking beneath the streets and crumbling churches of naples is a vast system of ancient catacombs and aqueducts, many lined with skulls in seemingly endless rows stretching far back into the depths of the caverns.
Transitional justice and development
Pablo De Greiff
As developing societies emerge from legacies of conflict and authoritarianism, they are frequently beset by poverty, inequality, weak institutions, broken infrastructure, poor governance, insecurity, and low levels of social capital.
The new road
Rob Amberg
Rob amberg’s examination of the construction of a nine-mile section of interstate 26 is a moving study of the effect of road building on landscape and culture.
West and west
Joe Deal
The kansas-nebraska act of 1854 officially opened the great plains to westward settlement, and the public survey of 1855 by charles a.
Postcommunism, postmodernism, and the global imagination
Christian Moraru
Contributors follow the impact of post-cold war globalization on central-east european literatures, cultures, and theoretical-ideological debates, particularly literary and cultural-artistic trends such as experimentalism, the neo-avant-garde, and postmod.
John Kluge
John Werner Kluge
Reform and revolution
Andras Gergely
Andr�s gergely focuses on the program, motives, and social background of the hungarian reform movement, which formed around the nobility of the 1830s.
The Austro-Hungarian monarchy revisited
András Gerő
Nine established hungarian scholars reexamine various aspects of the austro-hungarian monarchy..
Fighting communism from afar
Francis Dostál Raška
The council of free czechoslovakia was the first organized political exile group to emerge from behind the iron curtain and became a symbol of hope to many czechoslovakians suffering under the yoke of communism.
Reflections on twentieth century Hungary
Móric Kornfeld
Baron moric kornfeld was a wealthy hungarian industrialist, philanthropist, and intellectual.
Reflections on twentieth century Hungary
Móric Kornfeld
Baron moric kornfeld was a wealthy hungarian industrialist, philanthropist, and intellectual.
Ideas on territorial revision in Hungary, 1920-1945
Miklós Zeidler
After world war i, hungarian society became focused on revising the terms of the peace treaty of trianon.
Linguistic changes in post-Communist Eastern Europe and Eurasia
Ernest Andrews
The disintegration of the marxist-leninist sociopolitical system not only changed the political, economic, socio-cultural, and psychological realities of eastern europe and eurasia, it changed the linguistic situation of the region as well.
The city as suburb
Eric L. Holcomb
Northeast baltimore has undergone a transformation from a rural area into a "city suburb," an experience shared by many similar u.
Reflections of twentieth century Hungary
Móric Kornfeld
Baron moric kornfeld was a wealthy hungarian industrialist, philanthropist, and intellectual.
Reflections of twentieth century Hungary
Móric Kornfeld
Baron moric kornfeld was a wealthy hungarian industrialist, philanthropist, and intellectual.
Two nations on wheels
Evangelos Spyropoulos
It has been about half a century since the end of the greek civil war (1949) and the stalinization of poland (1949) as well as a decade since poland's democratization (1990).
On behalf of their homeland
Miloslav Rechcígl
The czechoslovak society of arts and sciences (svu) is a unique cultural organization established to rehabilitate czechoslovakia's image abroad, which, in 1958, had become tarnished by communism.
Hungary in the age of the two World Wars, 1914-1945
Mária Ormos
Maria ormos focuses on the horthy period and assesses the immeasurable human and material costs caused by arrow-cross rule and the soviet dominate provisional wartime administration.
Looking for work
Peter Stott
Using 134 sites scattered across the county's 18 towns and the city of hudson, the author weaves an authoritative and well-documented group of narrative histories linking the evidence of the landscape with the underlying economic and social history of eac.
Profiles of revolutionaries in Atlantic history, 1700-1850
R. William Weisberger
This book offers imaginative biographical essays of prominent political and scientific revolutionaries.
Carpathian diaspora
Yeshayahu A. Jelinek
Subcarpathian rus' is a region in former czechoslo-vakia and hungary, and the jews who lived in this area comprised a unique community.
Just one moment more--
Konstancija Bražėnienė
Romania under the tyranny of small figures
Ilie Șerbănescu
Ilie serbanescu, a distinguished economist, launches a comprehensive study of the contemporary romanian economy and its problems.
Carpathian diaspora
Yeshayahu A. Jelinek
Subcarpathian rus' is a region in former czechoslo-vakia and hungary, and the jews who lived in this area comprised a unique community.
My voice betrays me
Vanda Juknaitė
In this memoir, the famous lithuanian writer vanda juknaite describes her life during the reemergence of an independent, democratic lithuanian state in the early 1990s.
Jewish criterion in Hungary
Gerő András.
This book features five essays on why public debate about hungary's jewish population has been confined to the dichotomy of assimilation and dissimilation instead of integration..
Jewish criterion in Hungary
Gerő András.
This book features five essays on why public debate about hungary's jewish population has been confined to the dichotomy of assimilation and dissimilation instead of integration..
At home there's only speaking in a whisper
Stelian Tănase
Stelian tanase includes excerpts from his diary recounting the surveillance of his activities during the late years of the ceausescu regime.
Jewish criterion in Hungary
Gerő András.
This book features five essays on why public debate about hungary's jewish population has been confined to the dichotomy of assimilation and dissimilation instead of integration..
Carpathian diaspora
Yeshayahu A. Jelinek
Subcarpathian rus' is a region in former czechoslo-vakia and hungary, and the jews who lived in this area comprised a unique community.
Carpathian diaspora
Yeshayahu A. Jelinek
Subcarpathian rus' is a region in former czechoslo-vakia and hungary, and the jews who lived in this area comprised a unique community.
Terror of illusion
Augustin Buzura
Communism, post-communism and democracy
Ion Iliescu
A leader of "the new europe" offers a unique perspective on recent history.
Anarchism in Hungary
András Bozóki
The authors examine the various currents of anarchism in fin-de-si'cle hungary.
Jovan Ristić
MacKenzie David
This is the first comprehensive biography of jovan ristic, one of serbia's leading political figures during the second half of the nineteenth century.
Czech and Slovak theatre abroad
Vera Borkovec
These papers examine the nature and function of czech and slovak theatre abroad from the nineteenth century to the present day.
Conrad in France
Josiane Paccaud-Huguet
In this collection, french intellectuals and scholars comment on the relationship between british novelist joseph conrad's work and french culture and criticism.
The history of the Hungarian military higher education
Miklós M. Szabó
Revised from the hungarian original, this edition of the history tracks the domestic and international evolution of military higher education during a crucial historical period.
Comparative women's history
William J. Galush
This book gives new insight into how to write comparative women's history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Counter-revolutionary Hungary, 1920-1925
Thomas Lorman
This is the first book in english to comprehensively examine the crucial first five years of istvan bethlen's premiership when, following the catastrophe of 1918-1920, he began the reconstruction of the country.
Studies in social organization
George A Kourvetaris
In this third volume of the author's scholarly work, twenty-five articles address topics important to greek society, culture, and politics.
Hungarian revolution of 1956
Eörsi László.
Published on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the revolution, this groundbreaking book reexamines the events of the uprising and the activities of some of its well-known participants, presenting them as historical actors rather than mythologica.
Patterns of exclusion
Ladányi János.
Drawing on historical and demographic data from the past 150 years, ivan szelenyi and janos ladanyi examine how the social conditions of the roma (gypsies) has changed over time and across countries.
Roma of Hungary
Istvan Kemeny
Featuring essays by leading hungarian scholars, this collection systematically studies the roma population of hungary between the years 1971 and 2003.
Unfinished portrait of a country
Peter R. Prifti
This book offers a kaleidoscopic portrait of the past, present, and future of albania.
Picturing Austria-Hungary
Tibor Frank
This book explores a turbulent period in austria-hungary's history from a primarily british perspective.
Hungary and the Hungarian minorities
Lszl Szarka
Thirteen essays by noted authorities, including ferenc glatz, laszlo szarka, pal peter toth, and judit toth, cover such topics as the history of minority policies in hungary, immigration and xenophobia from the middle to the end of the twentieth century, .
Hungary and the Hungarian minorities
Lszl Szarka
Thirteen essays by noted authorities, including ferenc glatz, laszlo szarka, pal peter toth, and judit toth, cover such topics as the history of minority policies in hungary, immigration and xenophobia from the middle to the end of the twentieth century, .