1998, ISBN: 0520206177

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[EAN: 9780520206175], [PU: Berkeley etc~. 1998. Univ. Of California Press], Jacket, black cloth hardbound 8vo. 8º (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond.… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780520206175], [PU: Berkeley etc~. 1998. Univ. Of California Press], Jacket, black cloth hardbound 8vo. 8º (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. previous owner's name inked on bottom of 1/2 title pg. otherwise contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped (no price listed). nice clean copy. no library markings or store stamps, no stickers or bookplates, no names, no inking , no underlining, no remainder markings etc ~. first edition. first printing ( # 1 in # line). xxiv+437p. 3 b&w maps. 94 glossy b&w photo illustrations. list of illustrations. bibliography. index. world history. politics. world war i. world war ii. fascism. communism. art history. literary history. ~ Only by understanding Central and Eastern Europe's turbulent history during the first half of the twentieth century can we hope to make sense of the conflicts and crises that have followed World War II and, after that, the collapse of Soviet controlled state socialism. Ivan Berend looks closely at the fateful decades preceding World War II and at twelve countries whose absence from the roster of major players was enough in itself, he says, to precipitate much of the turmoil. As waves of modernization swept over Europe, the less developed countries on the periphery tried with little or no success to imitate Western capitalism and liberalism. Instead they remained, as Berend shows, rural, agrarian societies notable for the tenacious survival of feudal and aristocratic institutions. In that context of frustration and disappointment, rebellion was inevitable. Berend vividly details, with words and illustrations, the many forms ~ artistic, ideological, and political ~ that rebellion took. Leading the reader skillfully through the maze of social, cultural, economic, and political changes in Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Austria, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, and the Soviet Union, he shows how every path ended in dictatorship and despotism by the start of World War II. In the final chapter Berend demonstrates that the Great Depression was largely responsible for redirecting art to the service of politics. A return to traditional forms and social realism was embraced by some artists and suffered by others, depending on whether it called attention to present ills and future perils or forcibly reflected some party line. Berend's exploration of cultural trends adds rich overtones to this history of the interwar decades of crisis, and his sweeping historical investigation sheds much~needed light on the war, ethnic cleansing, poverty, and economic chaos that continue to plague Central and Eastern Europe., Books<

ISBN: 9780520206175

Only by understanding Central and Eastern Europe's turbulent history during the first half of the twentieth century can we hope to make sense of the conflicts and crises that have followe… Mehr…

Only by understanding Central and Eastern Europe's turbulent history during the first half of the twentieth century can we hope to make sense of the conflicts and crises that have followed World War II and, after that, the collapse of Soviet-controlled state socialism. Ivan Berend looks closely at the fateful decades preceding World War II and at twelve countries whose absence from the roster of major players was enough in itself, he says, to precipitate much of the turmoil.As waves of modernization swept over Europe, the less developed countries on the periphery tried with little or no success to imitate Western capitalism and liberalism. Instead they remained, as Berend shows, rural, agrarian societies notable for the tenacious survival of feudal and aristocratic institutions. In that context of frustration and disappointment, rebellion was inevitable. Berend leads the reader skillfully through the maze of social, cultural, economic, and political changes in Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Austria, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, and the Soviet Union, showing how every path ended in dictatorship and despotism by the start of World War II. Media > Book, [PU: University of California Press]<