Biographies and the Division of Europe
Experience, Action, and Change on the 'Eastern Side'
Published on 31. January 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
393 pages
978-3-8100-2887-7 (ISBN)
Description
The challenge taken on in this book is to confront a division that has separated Europe by an Iron Curtain for over 40 years.
The contributions deal with the historical background of this division and its impact on Eastern European biographies.
Empirical and theoretical investigations of transformations in people's lives since 1989 are highlighted relating to Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, Yugoslavia, as well as the German Democratic Republic. The historical period covered by the articles in this book extends from the Soviet Revolution of 1917 to the present.
The contributions deal with the historical background of this division and its impact on Eastern European biographies.
Empirical and theoretical investigations of transformations in people's lives since 1989 are highlighted relating to Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, Yugoslavia, as well as the German Democratic Republic. The historical period covered by the articles in this book extends from the Soviet Revolution of 1917 to the present.
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Content
Approching Europe / Theoretical Considerations - Between Past and Present / Experiences of Violences ans Destruction - Challenges in the Crossing of 'Borders'
Mit Beiträgen u.a. von: Erhard Stölting - Martin Peterson - Wolfram Fischer-Rosenthal - Devorah Kalekin-Fishman - Victoria Semenova - Gabriele Rosenthal - Bettina Völter - Lena Inowlocki - Júlia Vajda / Éva Kovács
Mit Beiträgen u.a. von: Erhard Stölting - Martin Peterson - Wolfram Fischer-Rosenthal - Devorah Kalekin-Fishman - Victoria Semenova - Gabriele Rosenthal - Bettina Völter - Lena Inowlocki - Júlia Vajda / Éva Kovács