History Derailed : Central and Eastern Europe in the Long Nineteenth Century / Ivan T. Berend.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berend, Ivan T., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrialization--Europe--History--19th century.

Industrialization.

Europe--Intellectual life--19th century.

Europe.

Europe--Ethnic relations.

Europe--Economic conditions--19th century.

Europe--History--1789-1900.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (416 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2003]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

There is probably no greater authority on the modern history of central and eastern Europe than Ivan Berend, whose previous work, Decades of Crisis, was hailed by critics as "masterful" and "the broadest synthesis of the modern social, economic, and cultural history of the region that we possess." Now, having brought together and illuminated this region's storm-tossed history in the twentieth century, Berend turns his attention to the equally turbulent period that preceded it. The "long" nineteenth century, extending up to World War I, contained the seeds of developments and crises that continue to haunt the region today. The book begins with an overview of the main historical trends in the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries, during which time the region lost momentum and became the periphery, no longer in step with the rising West. It concludes with an account of the persisting authoritarian political structures and the failed modernization that paved the way for social and political revolts. The origins of twentieth-century extremism and its tragedies are plainly visible in this penetrating account.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Emerging West as an Ideal and Model for the East

1. The Challenge of the Rising West and the Lack of Response in the "Sleeping" East

2. Romanticism and Nationalism in Central and Eastern Europe

3. Uprisings and Reforms: The Struggle for Independence and Modernization

4. Economic Modernization in the Half Century before World War I

5. Social Changes: "Dual" and "Incomplete" Societies

6. The Political System: Democratization versus Authoritarian Nationalism

Epilogue: World War I

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-311) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9786612357763

9781282357761

128235776X

9780520932098

0520932099

OCLC:

609850071