Author: James Samuelson
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Roumania Past and Present is a book by James Samuelson. It delves into numerous matters concerning Roumania, presenting historical, geographical and cultural views and traditions.
Roumania Past and Present
Author: James Samuelson
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Roumania Past and Present is a book by James Samuelson. It delves into numerous matters concerning Roumania, presenting historical, geographical and cultural views and traditions.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Roumania Past and Present is a book by James Samuelson. It delves into numerous matters concerning Roumania, presenting historical, geographical and cultural views and traditions.
Roumania Past and Present
Author: James Samuelson
Publisher: London : Longmans, Green
ISBN:
Category : Romania
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Publisher: London : Longmans, Green
ISBN:
Category : Romania
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
A Concise History of Romania
Author: Keith Hitchins
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521872383
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
A comprehensive and engaging new history charting Romania's development over 2000 years from its establishment to the present day.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521872383
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
A comprehensive and engaging new history charting Romania's development over 2000 years from its establishment to the present day.
Roumania Past and Present
Author: James Samuelson
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385464722
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385464722
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.
Socialist Heritage
Author: Emanuela Grama
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253044839
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
This prize-winning study of post-WWII Romania examines the fraught relationship between national heritage and Socialist statecraft. In Socialist Heritage, ethnographer and historian Emanuela Grama explores the socialist state’s attempt to create its own heritage, as well as the ongoing legacy of that project. While many argue that the socialist regimes of Central and Eastern Europe aimed to erase the pre-war history of the socialist cities, Grama shows that the communist state in Romania sought to exploit the past for its own benefit. The book traces the transformation of Bucharest’s Old Town district from the early twentieth century into the twenty-first. Under socialism, politicians and professionals used the district’s historic buildings—especially the ruins of a medieval palace—to emphasize the city’s Romanian past and erase its ethnically diverse history. Since the collapse of socialism, the cultural and economic value of the Old Town has become highly contested. Its poor residents decry their semi-decrepit homes, while entrepreneurs see it as a source of easy money. Such arguments point to recent negotiations about the meanings of class, political participation, and ethnic and economic belonging in today’s Romania. Grama’s rich historical and ethnographic research reveals the fundamentally dual nature of heritage: every search for an idealized past relies on strategies of differentiation that can lead to further marginalization and exclusion. Winner of the 2020 Ed A. Hewitt Book Prize
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253044839
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
This prize-winning study of post-WWII Romania examines the fraught relationship between national heritage and Socialist statecraft. In Socialist Heritage, ethnographer and historian Emanuela Grama explores the socialist state’s attempt to create its own heritage, as well as the ongoing legacy of that project. While many argue that the socialist regimes of Central and Eastern Europe aimed to erase the pre-war history of the socialist cities, Grama shows that the communist state in Romania sought to exploit the past for its own benefit. The book traces the transformation of Bucharest’s Old Town district from the early twentieth century into the twenty-first. Under socialism, politicians and professionals used the district’s historic buildings—especially the ruins of a medieval palace—to emphasize the city’s Romanian past and erase its ethnically diverse history. Since the collapse of socialism, the cultural and economic value of the Old Town has become highly contested. Its poor residents decry their semi-decrepit homes, while entrepreneurs see it as a source of easy money. Such arguments point to recent negotiations about the meanings of class, political participation, and ethnic and economic belonging in today’s Romania. Grama’s rich historical and ethnographic research reveals the fundamentally dual nature of heritage: every search for an idealized past relies on strategies of differentiation that can lead to further marginalization and exclusion. Winner of the 2020 Ed A. Hewitt Book Prize
A Concise History of Romanians
Author: Neagu Djuvara
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781478132042
Category : Romania
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book presents captivating stories about Romania's past in the larger context of European and world history. Prof. Djuvara sets aside the academic tone to recount the story of Romanians, without taboos or prejudices. Common misunderstandings are brought to light and clarified, such as the story of Vlad the Impaler and the role played by Romania in World War II. Read about the wars between Dacia and Rome, barbarian invasions, the assimilation of other populations, the complex history of Transylvania, Moldavia and Wallachia and about great sacrifices made in defense of Christianity. This translation published by Cross Meridian (Canada) is dedicated to young people of Romanian descent who live in countries where English is spoken or understood.
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781478132042
Category : Romania
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book presents captivating stories about Romania's past in the larger context of European and world history. Prof. Djuvara sets aside the academic tone to recount the story of Romanians, without taboos or prejudices. Common misunderstandings are brought to light and clarified, such as the story of Vlad the Impaler and the role played by Romania in World War II. Read about the wars between Dacia and Rome, barbarian invasions, the assimilation of other populations, the complex history of Transylvania, Moldavia and Wallachia and about great sacrifices made in defense of Christianity. This translation published by Cross Meridian (Canada) is dedicated to young people of Romanian descent who live in countries where English is spoken or understood.
Reminiscences of the King of Roumania
Author: Mite Kremnitz
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Eastern question (Balkan)
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Eastern question (Balkan)
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Romania Since 1989
Author: Henry F. Carey
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 9780739105924
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
The most comprehensive study of Romanian politics ever published abroad, this volume represents an effort to collect and analyze data on the complex problems of Romania's journey from sultanistic national communism to a yet-unreached democratic government.
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 9780739105924
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
The most comprehensive study of Romanian politics ever published abroad, this volume represents an effort to collect and analyze data on the complex problems of Romania's journey from sultanistic national communism to a yet-unreached democratic government.
In Europe's Shadow
Author: Robert D. Kaplan
Publisher:
ISBN: 081299681X
Category : Romania
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
"A history of Romania traces the author's intellectual development throughout his extensive visits to the country, sharing his observations about its reflection of European politics, geography and key events while exploring the indelible role of Vladimir Putin."--NoveList.
Publisher:
ISBN: 081299681X
Category : Romania
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
"A history of Romania traces the author's intellectual development throughout his extensive visits to the country, sharing his observations about its reflection of European politics, geography and key events while exploring the indelible role of Vladimir Putin."--NoveList.
Children of the Night
Author: Paul Kenyon
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1789543150
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
A vivid, brilliant, darkly humorous and horrifying history of some of the strangest dictators that Europe has ever seen. 'A witty and page-turning narrative full of grotesque characters' Misha Glenny 'Will leave you astonished, exhausted and curious... An unapologetic page turner' Spectator 'Essential reading for anyone interested in Romania past and present' John Simpson 'An engaging introduction to the rich history [of Romania]' New Statesman Balanced precariously on the shifting fault line between East and West, Romania's past is one of the great untold stories of modern Europe. The country that gave us Vlad Dracula, and whose citizens consider themselves descendants of ancient Rome, has traditionally preferred the status of enigmatic outsider. But it has experienced some of the most disastrous leaderships of the last century. After a relatively benign period led by a dutiful King and his vivacious British-born Queen, the country oscillated wildly. Its interwar rulers form a gallery of bizarre characters: the corrupt and mentally unbalanced King Carol; the fascist death cult led by Corneliu Codreanu; the vain General Ion Antonescu. After 1945 power was handed to Romania's tiny communist party, under which it experienced severe repression, purges and collectivisation. Then in 1965, Nicolae Ceau?escu came to power. And thus began the strangest dictatorship of all.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1789543150
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
A vivid, brilliant, darkly humorous and horrifying history of some of the strangest dictators that Europe has ever seen. 'A witty and page-turning narrative full of grotesque characters' Misha Glenny 'Will leave you astonished, exhausted and curious... An unapologetic page turner' Spectator 'Essential reading for anyone interested in Romania past and present' John Simpson 'An engaging introduction to the rich history [of Romania]' New Statesman Balanced precariously on the shifting fault line between East and West, Romania's past is one of the great untold stories of modern Europe. The country that gave us Vlad Dracula, and whose citizens consider themselves descendants of ancient Rome, has traditionally preferred the status of enigmatic outsider. But it has experienced some of the most disastrous leaderships of the last century. After a relatively benign period led by a dutiful King and his vivacious British-born Queen, the country oscillated wildly. Its interwar rulers form a gallery of bizarre characters: the corrupt and mentally unbalanced King Carol; the fascist death cult led by Corneliu Codreanu; the vain General Ion Antonescu. After 1945 power was handed to Romania's tiny communist party, under which it experienced severe repression, purges and collectivisation. Then in 1965, Nicolae Ceau?escu came to power. And thus began the strangest dictatorship of all.