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Nationalist Politics & Everyday Ethnicity in a Transylvanian
by Rogers Brubaker  Publisher Comments Situated on the geographic margins of two nations, yet imagined as central to each, Transylvania has long been a site of nationalist struggles. Since the fall of communism, these struggles have been particularly intense in Cluj, Transylvania's cultural...
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The Moldovans: Romania, Russia, and the Politics of Culture (Hoover Institution Press Publication)
by Charles King Book News Annotation Presents a complete picture of this east European borderland, illuminating problems of identity politics and cultural change that Moldova has endured. Highlights political uses of culture, looking at ways in which language, history, and identity can...
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The Ransom of the Jews: The Story of the Extraordinary Secret Bargain Between Romania and Israel
by Radu Ioanid Publisher Comments After 1948, the 370,000 surviving Jews of Romania became one of the main sources of immigration for the new state of Israel. Behind Romania's decision to allow its Jews to leave were practical economic and political reasons: Israel paid for them, and...
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Romania: An Illustrated History
by Nicolae Klepper Book News Annotation This is a well-written and learned book that guides the popular reader through Romania's long and eventful history. All eras are covered: the stone, bronze, and iron ages; the classical period of the Dacians before, during, and after Roman rule; the long...
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Modern Romania: The End of Communism, the Failure of Democratic Reform, and the Theft of a Nation
by Tom Gallagher Publisher Comments "Gallagher thinks in neat, clear categories and writes with a style to match." —Foreign Affairs Modern Romania makes a significant contribution to the political history of Romania and Central Europe, as well as to the literature on the dynamics of...
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The Vanishing Hectare: Property and Value in Postsocialist Transylvania (Culture and Society After Socialism)
by Katherine Verdery Publisher Comments In most countries in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, the fall of communism opened up the possibility for individuals to acquire land. Based on Katherine Verdery's extensive fieldwork between 1990 and 2001, "The Vanishing Hectare explores the...
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Later Chapters of My Life
by Diana Mandache Publisher Comments The granddaughter of Queen Victoria and Tsar Alexander II of Russia, Queen Marie of Romania was one of the most brilliant monarchs of the twentieth century. She distinguished herself not only during the years of the First World War through her charity...
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An Infamous Past: E.M. Cioran and the Rise of Fascism in Romania
by Marta Petreu Publisher Comments More than any other study of Cioran, Marta Petreu's intensive investigation of his life and work confronts the central problem of his biography: his relationship with political extremism. The scene of Cioran's excesses is Romania and Europe in the 1930s...
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Russia and the Formation of the Romanian National State, 1821-1878
by Barbara Jelavich Publisher Comments An examination of the difficult Russian???Rumanian relationship as it developed during the nineteenth century....
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Colonel Nicolae Plesoianu & the National Regeneration Movement in Walachia
by Dan V Pleshoyano Book News Annotation A biography of an important player in the 1848 revolution in Romania, who died before the final victory, and has been neglected by historians. Includes a pronunciation guide. No index. Translated from the French. Annotation c. Book News, Inc...
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The Great Shock at the End of a Short Century: On Communism, Post-Communism and Democracy
by Ion Iliescu Publisher Comments This book depicts, from the uniquely personal perspective of Ion Iliescu, former president of Romania, the historical drama of the global clash of political systems in the 20th century....
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At Home There Is Only Speaking in a Whisper
by Stelian Tanase Publisher Comments Stelian Tanase includes excerpts from his diary recounting the surveillance of his activities during the late years of the Ceausescu regime. Tanase's book also includes a unique documentary collection of archival documents contained in the files of the...
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Romania Under the Tyranny of Small Figures
by Ilie Serbanescu Publisher Comments Ilie Serbanescu, a distinguished economist, launches a comprehensive study of the contemporary Romanian economy and its problems. He critically evaluates Romanian transition and the main issues facing the stability of the Romanian economy, and then...
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Astride Two Worlds
by Teodor Gherasim
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The Romanian Revolution of December 1989
by Peter Siani Davies
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Solitude of Collectivism Romanian VILL
by David A Kideckel Description Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-245) and index....
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The disappearance of the outside :a manifesto for escape
by Andrei Codrescu Description Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-212) and index....
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Journal 1935-1944
by Mihail Sebastian Publisher Comments This book is a chronicle of the dark years of Nazism by the Romanian Jewish writer, Mihail Sebastian....
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European Historical Dictionaries #15: Historical Dictionary of Romania
by Kurt W Treptow Publisher Comments An essential, up-to-date reference work on Romania. Written by an American specialist and a Romanian scholar, the book's concise dictionary entries detail the important people, places, events, and institutions in the new Romania as well as its previous...
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