Central Europe
Enemies, Neighbors, Friends
Lonnie R. Johnson(Author)
Oxford University Press Inc
2nd Edition
Published on 16. August 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
364 pages
978-0-19-514825-1 (ISBN)
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Description
This historical survey of Central Europe covers a region that encompasses contemporary Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, Slovenia, and Croatia. Now in its second edition, Central Europe: Enemies, Neighbors, Friends contains a new epilogue-updated to cover events since 1995-and several redesigned or updated maps. Each chapter is thematically organized around issues or events that are important in helping students develop an understanding of the region's internal dynamics. Johnson illuminates the competing religious, cultural, economic, national, and ideological interests that have driven the history of Central Europe. Thorough, objective, and focused, Johnson's work stands out as both a useful core text covering an area of growing interest and a brilliant account of a region that is only just beginning to receive the attention it deserves.
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He manages to make an enormous expanse of history accessible to the average reader in very few pages. There are not many books that set the historical context for this part of the world so well. Foreign AffairsMore details
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
11 Fotos bzw. Rasterbilder, 12 Karten
11 halftones & 12 maps
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-19-514825-1 (9780195148251)
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Content
Introduction: Where is Central Europe?; 1. Central Europe and the Roman Christian West, 400-1000; 2. Feudal Foundations, 1000-1350; 3. The Great Late Medieval Kingdoms; 4. The Bulwarks of Christendom; 5. The Counter Reformation: The Roman Catholic Church and the Habsburg Dynasty, 1550-1700; 6. Absolutism as Enlightenment, 1700-1790; 7. Nations without States, States without Nations, 1790-1848; 8. The Demise of Imperial Austria and the Rise of Imperial Germany, 1848-1890; 9. World War I and National Self-Determination, 1914-1922; 10. Spheres of Influence I, Germany and the Soviet Union; 11. Spheres of Influence II, East and West or "Yalta Europe"; 12. The Failure of Eastern Europe, 1956-1989; Epilogue: Postrevolutionary Paradoxes: Central Europe since 1989; Notes; Index