Central Europe Enemies, Neighbors, Friends

Name: Central Europe Enemies, Neighbors, Friends
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ISBN: 9780195148251

ISBN-10: 0195148258

ISBN-13: 9780195148251

Edition: 2nd 2002 (Revised)

Authors: Lonnie R. Johnson

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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…

Book details

List price: $39.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/16/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 8.90" wide x 5.79" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Lonnie Johnson is Executive Director of the Fullbright Commission in Vienna, Austria. He specializes in Central and Eastern Europe, particularly in the 20th Century. His books include: Introducing Austria (Ariadne Press, 1989) and Vienna (Ariadne Press, 1995).



Preface


Introduction: Where is Central Europe?



Central Europe and the Roman Christian West, 400-1000



Feudal Foundations, 1000-1035



The Great Late Medieval Kingdoms



The Bulwarks of Christendom



The Counter Reformation: The Roman Catholic Church and the Habsburg Dynasty, 1550-1700



Absolutism as Enlightenment, 1700-1790



Nations without States, States without Nations, 1790-1848



The Demise of Imperial Austria and the Rise of Imperial Germany, 1848-1890



World War I and National Self-Determination, 1914-1922



Spheres of Influence I, Germany and the Soviet Union



Spheres of Influence II, East and West or "Yalta Europe"



The Failure of Eastern Europe, 1956-1989


Epilogue


Notes


Index