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The Cambridge History of Russia: Volume 2, Imperial Russia, 1689-1917
A definitive new history of Russia from early Rus' to the collapse of the Soviet Union
Stalinism
This volume, the fruit of co operation between a British and Russian historian, seeks to review comparatively the progress made in recent years, largely thanks to the opening of the Russian archives, in enlarging our understanding of Stalin and
The Oxford Handbook of European History, 1914-1945
The period spanning the two World Wars was unquestionably the most catastrophic in Europe's history. Despite such undeniably progressive developments as the radical expansion of women's suffrage and rising health standards, the era was dominated by political violence and chronic instability. Its symbols were Verdun, Guernica, and Auschwitz. By the end of this dark period, tens of millions of Europeans had been killed and more still had been displaced and permanently traumatized. If the nineteenth century gave Europeans cause to regard the future with a sense of optimism, the early twentieth century had them anticipating the destruction of civilization. The fact that so many revolutions, regi...
Victims of the Bolsheviks
Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject History Europe - Other Countries - Ages of World Wars, grade: 1, University of Vienna (Geschichte), language: English, abstract: A complete accounting of ALL the victims of the Bolsheviks from the start of the Revolution 1917 to Stalins death in 1953.
Conflicted Memories
Despite the interest in general European history, the European dimension is surprisingly absent from much of the writing of contemporary history. In most countries, the historiography on the 20th century is dominated by national perspectives. This book focuses on the development of a shared conception of European history.
Kritika
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Warum sind sie wieder da?
Der Aufstieg der AfD, die Ausschreitungen von Neonazis und die Unterstützung, die sie aus dem Staatsapparat erhalten, empören Millionen Menschen. Doch warum sind die Faschisten wieder da? Ohne die Veränderungen in Politik, Staatsapparat und Geistesleben zu untersuchen, kann man das nicht verstehen. Mit der Zuspitzung internationaler Konflikte und der Verschärfung sozialer Spannungen kehren die deutschen Eliten zur Großmachtpolitik und zu den diktatorischen Herrschaftsformen der Vergangenheit zurück. Die Große Koalition rüstet systematisch auf, an den Universitäten werden die Verbrechen der Nazis verharmlost und Studierende, die rechte Professoren kritisieren, angefeindet. In diesem Klima wächst die AfD, die in der Polizei, im Militär und im Geheimdienst zahlreiche Unterstützer hat. Das Buch „Warum sind sie wieder da?“ geht diesen Fragen sorgfältig nach. Der Autor Christoph Vandreier war als stellvertretender Vorsitzender der Sozialistischen Gleichheitspartei (SGP) aktiv am Kampf gegen die rechte Offensive beteiligt. Er zeigt auf, weshalb der Kampf gegen rechts eine sozialistische Perspektive erfordert.
The Russia Anxiety
'This exciting and provocative book blows apart misconceptions about the Russian past' Lara Douds, Times Higher Education Russia is an exceptional country, the biggest in the world. It is both European and exotic, powerful and weak, brilliant and flawed. Why are we so afraid of it? Time and again, we judge Russia by unique standards. We have usually assumed that it possesses higher levels of cunning, malevolence and brutality. Yet the country has more often than not been a crucial ally, not least against Napoleon and in the two world wars. We admire its music and its writers. We lavish praise on the Russian soul. And still we think of Russia as a unique menace. What is it about this extraordinary country that consistently provokes such excessive responses? And why is this so dangerous? Ranging from the earliest times to the present, Mark B. Smith's remarkable new book is a history of this 'Russia Anxiety'. Whether ally or enemy, superpower or failing state, Russia grips our imagination and fuels our fears unlike any other country. This book shows how history itself offers a clearer view and a better future.
Disciplinary Spaces
This volume looks at territories such as reservations, model villages and collective towns as the spatial materialization of forced assimilation and "progress". These disciplinary spaces were created in order to disempower and alter radically the behavior of people who were perceived as ill-suited "to fit" into hegemonic imaginations of "the nation" since the 19th century. Comparing examples from the Americas, Australia, North and East Africa, Central Europe as well as West and Central Asia, the book not only considers the acts and legitimizing narrations of ruling actors, but highlights the agency of the subaltern who are often misrepresented as passive victims of violent assimilation strategies.
Music and Dictatorship in Europe and Latin America
In this book, twenty-four scholars investigate the relationship between music and dictatorship in twentieth-century Europe and Latin America. The music is explored as a political phenomenon in fifteen nations under totalitarian regimes: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, France, Greece, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, Spain, and Hungary. Historical and aesthetical articles face both individual people (for instance, Chavez, Ligeti, Massarani or Villa-Lobos) as well whole generations of composers operating under dictatorship (for example, in the communist regimes of Poland and Serbia; in France under Vichy; in Franco's Spain, Salazar's Portugal, or in Revolutionary Cuba). The contributors are: Rachel Beckles Willson, Dario Borim, Steve Butterman, Teresa Cascudo, Myriam Chimenes, Regis Duprat, Christoph Flamm, Marina Frolova-Walker, Thomas Garcia, Melita Milin, Simone Munz, Marcos Napolitano, Nina Noeske, Karen Painter, Gemma Perez Zalduondo, Daniel Perry, Carlo Piccardi, Marc-Andre Roberge, Katy Romanou, Mattias Tischer, Andrzej Tuchowski, Luis Velasco Pufleau, Pablo Vila, Maria Alice Volpe.
