Europe category: 12800 books
by Wright, Kevin J.
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 1997
Invites the reader on a pilgrimage to more than 70 of Western Europe's most celebrated Catholic shrines and sanctuaries.
The Modern Balkans
A History
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
In The Modern Balkans, historian Richard C. Hall gives a complete account of the historical events that have shaped the Balkan region of Southeastern Europe. Originally separated from the rest of Europe by culture, politics, and economics, the Balkans have slowly been integrating into Western Europe...
Fodor's Essential Europe
The Best of 25 Exceptional Countries
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2017
Written by locals, Fodor's travel guides have been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for more than 80 years.
With its sophisticated culture, rich history, and abundant beauty (both natural and man-made), Europe is a top destination for travelers. But for those with limited time...
From Crystal Palace to Red Square
- A Hapless Biker's Road to Russia
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2014
Critically acclaimed author Kevin Turner (Bonjour! Is This Italy? A Hapless Biker’s Guide to Europe) heads off on another ill-thought out adventure, aiming his heavily laden Kawasaki north towards the towering waterfalls of Norway, before heading east on a long and treacherous journey to Moscow. This...
The Economy of East Central Europe, 1815-1989
Stages of Transformation in a Peripheral Region
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2004
From a widely published expert in the field, this major survey reviews two centuries of modernization and examines the dramatic changes in the economies of Eastern Europe.
This is a new and comprehensive overview which incorporates fresh research and recent changes to the region to trace this...
by Cathal McCarron
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
From June 2009 until August 2011, Cathal McCarron followed the entire U2 360˚ tour around the world to promote 'Me & U2' (a self-published memoir of how U2 infiltrated and influenced his life). In this new book, Cathal describes his dramatic time following the U2 tour through Europe in the summer of...
The Road to September 1939
Polish Jews, Zionists, and the Yishuv on the Eve of World War II
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
In European and Holocaust historiography, it is generally believed that neither the Zionist movement nor the Yishuv, acting primarily out of self-interest, energetically attempted to help European Jews escape the Nazi threat. Drawing on the memoirs, letters, and institutional reports of Chaim Weizmann,...
The Near Abroad
Socialist Eastern Europe and Soviet Patriotism in Ukraine, 1956-1985
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2017
From the Soviet perspective, Eastern Europe was the near abroad – more accessible than the capitalist West, yet also unambiguously foreign. Observing their western neighbours, citizens of the USSR developed new ideas about the role of states, borders, and national identities in the Soviet empire.
In...
Eastern Europe Unmapped
Beyond Borders and Peripheries
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
Arguably more than any other region, the area known as Eastern Europe has been defined by its location on the map. Yet its inhabitants, from statesmen to literati and from cultural-economic elites to the poorest emigrants, have consistently forged or fathomed links to distant lands, populations, and...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2018
This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction.
During the period of 1855-1871, the United States Army commissioned two formal observations of foreign conflict: the Delafield commission to the Crimean War and the Sheridan expedition...
Enjoy And Explore Europe
Give Yourself A Break By Having A Unique Vacation In Europe And Get The Amazing Travel Tips To Europe and Enjoy Your Travel To Ukraine, Holland Vacation, Germany Tourism And A Whole Lot More!
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
About the Country
Finland is a country of islands, lakes, and forests. The modern capital city of Finland is Helsinki and is filled with museums and galleries. In summers, sun never sets here and vice versa in the winters.
Culture
While in Finland, greet the locals by a...
The Problem of Democracy in Postwar Europe
Political Actors and the Formation of the Postwar Model of Democracy in France, West Germany and Italy
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2016
The current perception of democratic crisis in Western Europe gives a renewed urgency to a new perspective on the way democracy was reconstructed after World War II and the principles that underpinned its postwar transformation. This study accounts for the formation of the postwar democratic order...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2017
The collection of essays in Secret Agents and the Memory of Everyday Collaboration in Communist Eastern Europe addresses institutions that develop the concept of collaboration, and examines the function, social representation and history of secret police archives and institutes of national memory...
Environmentalism in Central and Southeastern Europe
Historical Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2017
Consisting of 12 chapters, the book presents the rise and development of environmentalism, environmental history as a discipline, and the history of environmental movements in the Central and South Eastern European region from an international point of view.
The chapters—written by scholars...