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Memory and change in Europe : Eastern perspectives /

"In studies of a common European past, there is a significant lack of scholarship on the former Eastern Bloc countries. While understanding the importance of shifting the focus of European memory eastward, contributors avoid the trap of Eastern European exceptionalism, an assumption that this r...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Pakier, Małgorzata, 1979- (Editor ), Wawrzyniak, Joanna, 1975- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2015.
Colección:Studies in contemporary European history ; 16.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"In studies of a common European past, there is a significant lack of scholarship on the former Eastern Bloc countries. While understanding the importance of shifting the focus of European memory eastward, contributors avoid the trap of Eastern European exceptionalism, an assumption that this region's experiences are too unique to render them comparable to the rest of Europe. This volume offers a reflection on memory from an Eastern European historical perspective, one that can be measured against, or applied to, historical experience in other parts of Europe. In this way, the authors situate studies on memory in Eastern Europe within the broader debate on European memory"--Provided by publisher
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 373 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-357) and index.
ISBN:9781782389309
178238930X