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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Piotr Stefan Wandycz |
| ISBN: | 0415254906 9780415254908 0415254914 9780415254915 |
| OCLC Number: | 45655223 |
| Description: | xvii, 335 p. : maps ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Machine generated contents note: List of maps viii -- List of tables ix -- Preface to the Second Edition xi -- Preface xiii -- A guide to pronunciation xvii --INTRODUCTION: WHAT'S IN A NAME? 1 -- 1 THE MEDIEVAL HERITAGE 18 -- 2 THE CHALLENGE OF THE MODERN AGE 48 -- 3 THE SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY CRISIS 77 -- 4 ENLIGHTENED ABSOLUTISM OR ENLIGHTENED LIBERTY? 105 -- 5 THE AGE OF LIBERAL NATIONALISM 135 -- 6 FROM COMPROMISE TO INDEPENDENCE 166 -- 7 THE DIFFICULT INDEPENDENCE 201 -- 8 THE HARD ROAD TO FREEDOM 236 --Notes 276 -- Chronological tables 279 -- Bibliography 300 -- Index 315. |
| Responsibility: | Piotr S. Wandycz. |
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Table of Contents:
Contents … vii
List of maps … viii
List of tables … ix
Preface to the Second Edition … xi
Preface … xiii
A guide to pronunciation … xvii
Introduction: what's in a name? … 1
1. The medieval heritage … 18
2. The challenge of the modern age … 48
3. The seventeenth-century crisis … 77
4. Enlightened absolutism or enlightened liberty? … 105
5. The age of liberal nationalism … 135
6. From compromise to independence … 166
7. The difficult independence … 201
8. The hard road to freedom … 236
Notes … 276
Chronological tables … 279
Bibliography … 300
Index … 315
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"'What happens to East Central Europe will affect the destinies of all of us so that it behoves us to gain familiarity with its history. Unlike most other historians, Professor Wandycz treats the region as a whole, in a single, masterly tract.' Istvan Deak, Columbia University, New York" Read more...
