ISBN: 9780198221265

From the mid-nineteenth century until the Second World War, the energies of Rumanian political and intellectual elites were absorbed by the building of their nation. In this comprehensive… Mehr…

From the mid-nineteenth century until the Second World War, the energies of Rumanian political and intellectual elites were absorbed by the building of their nation. In this comprehensive and scholarly study Keith Hitchins traces these complex processes and explores how Rumania''s leadersattempted to transform the ideology of modern nationhood into strong political, economic, and social institutions and to find ways of preserving independence in an international political and economic order dominated by the great powers. As the new Rumania took shape, the threads of historical continuity remained strikingly evident: in government a strong administrative centralization prevailed, despite the maturing of parliamentary institutions and the diversity of political expression; the national economy remained beholden toagriculture, despite the steady growth of industry; and in cultural life traditional values persisted, despite the adoption of modern forms. In foreign relations the most pressing aim was to unite all Rumanians in a single state and to defend its sovereignty within an uncertain international order. In all these endeavours, the measure of achievement was the West. After the Second World War, when the Communist Party came to power, this historical continuity was broken. The experiment in nation-building gave way to a new ideology, and Rumania now turned to the Soviet political and economicmodel. | Rumania 1866-1947 by Keith Hitchins Hardcover | Indigo Chapters Books > History > European History > Eastern European History P10103, Keith Hitchins<

ISBN: 9780198221265

Hardback, [PU: Oxford University Press], The collapse of Communist power has focused attention once again on the processes of nation-building in Central and Eastern Europe. In this compre… Mehr…

Hardback, [PU: Oxford University Press], The collapse of Communist power has focused attention once again on the processes of nation-building in Central and Eastern Europe. In this comprehensive study, Keith Hitchins traces how Rumania's political and intellectual elites attempted to create an independent state before the advent of Communist rule in 1947., European History<

1994, ISBN: 9780198221265

OXFORD UNIV PR, Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: New, 592 Seiten, Publiziert: 1994-07-28T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: 9780198221265, 1.93 kg, Film, Kunst & Kultur, Kategorie… Mehr…

OXFORD UNIV PR, Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: New, 592 Seiten, Publiziert: 1994-07-28T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: 9780198221265, 1.93 kg, Film, Kunst & Kultur, Kategorien, Bücher, Allgemein, Europa, Geschichte nach Ländern, Politik & Geschichte, Balkan, Irland, Rumänien, OXFORD UNIV PR, 1994<