2nd Edition
The Price of Freedom A History of East Central Europe from the Middle Ages to the Present
By Piotr S. Wandycz
Copyright 2001
354 Pages
by
Routledge
354 Pages
by
Routledge
360 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Price of Freedom surveys and explains the fascinating and intricate history of East Central Europe - the present day countries of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. Taking a thematic approach, the author explores such issues and controversies as the tension between the industrial developed West and the agrarian East Central Europe, the rise of modern nationalism, democracy and... Read more
Introduction: what's in a name? 1. The medieval heritage 2. The challenge of the modern age 3. The seventeenth century crisis 4. Enlightened absolutism or enlightened liberty? 5. The age of liberal nationalism 6. From compromise to independence 7. The difficult independence 8. The hard road to freedom
Biography
Piotr S. Wandycz
