{"product_id":"central-and-eastern-europe-1944-1993-detour-from-the-periphery-to-the-periphery-paperback-9780521663526","title":"Central and Eastern Europe, 1944–1993; Detour from the Periphery to the Periphery (Paperback) 9780521663526","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCentral and Eastern Europe, 1944–1993\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eDetour from the Periphery to the Periphery\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn ambitious, comparative analysis of 'Eastern Bloc' economies during a period of revolutionary change.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eIvan Berend (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521663526, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 19 August 1999\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e436 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.3 x 2.8 cm, 0.685 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… the best survey of the period available .' Contemporary European History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn this wide-ranging account, Ivan Berend traces the post-war fortunes of the countries lying between Germany and the former Soviet Union. Professor Berend draws both on his academic expertise and personal involvement in many of the events which he describes to produce a synthesis of a huge array of materials. His study stretches beyond the confines of economic history to provide insights into the complex interplay of ideological, social and political forces in the 'Eastern Bloc' countries over the last fifty years of revolutionary change. In particular Berend's analysis of totalitarianism, the development of nationalism, and the personalities at the centre of political life in eastern Europe offers an alternative perspective on the economies of the state-socialist regimes at the periphery of the western industrialised world.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Out from Europe: The Introduction of State Socialism, its Stalinist Decade and Revolts Against them: 1. Communist seizure of power, 1944–8\u003cbr\u003e 2. The closed society in Stalinist state socialism after 1948\u003cbr\u003e 3. Reforms, revolutions and the loosening bloc, the 1950s and 1960s\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Temporary Success and Terminal Failure: The Post-Stalinist Decades - Modernization, Erosion and Collapse: 4. Post-Stalinist state socialism and its legitimization\u003cbr\u003e 5. Economic and social performance of state socialism, 1950–89\u003cbr\u003e 6. Crisis and erosion of state socialism, 1973–88\u003cbr\u003e 7. The collapse: a revolutionary symphony in four movements, 1989\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Back to Europe? Post-1989 Transformation and Pathways to the Future: 8. Building a parliamentary market system\u003cbr\u003e 9. Economic decline - political change - rising nationalism\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Names index\u003cbr\u003e Subject index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Economic history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economic history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economic%20history%20%5BKCZ%5D%22\"\u003eKCZ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46003065651480,"sku":"9780521663526","price":29.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521663526i_661f986b-483c-4f14-9a11-d1bd70df449b.jpg?v=1691379661","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/central-and-eastern-europe-1944-1993-detour-from-the-periphery-to-the-periphery-paperback-9780521663526","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}