Power and the people (Paperback)

Eleonore Breuning

ISBN 10: 0719070694 / ISBN 13: 9780719070693

Published by Manchester University Press, Manchester, 2005

Paperback. Looks comparatively at the countries of Central Europe on both sides of the Iron Curtain; Brings together historians of different generations and countries who are engaged in pioneering research in their respective fields and provides a survey of the kind of work now being undertaken by scholars in the newly available archives; Explores the interaction between high politics and social realities in the countries of postwar Central Europe; Writes the peoples of Central Europe back into their own history A comparative study of early post-1945 Central Europe on both sides of the Iron Curtain which puts the people back into Cold War history Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780719070693

Synopsis:

This book covers various aspects of the social history of politics on both sides of the Iron Curtain in the period 1945 to 1956. The contributors come from a range of countries (Austria, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia and the United Kingdom) and comprise a mixture of established historians and younger scholars engaged in pioneering research.

The individual chapters are organised into four sections dealing with workers, ethnic and linguistic minorities, youth, and women. In order to enhance the comparative character of the volume, the four chapters contained in each section consider the position of these social groups in, respectively, West Germany, East Germany, Austria, and either Czechoslovakia or Hungary. Major themes include the absence of popular revolutions in the aftermath of World War Two, the re-imposition of social control by post-war elites, the attempt to restore pre-war gender relations, and the failure of Communist parties to win popular support.

The chosen time-frame saw most of the decisive developments which set the pattern for the remaining Cold War period and is therefore of key importance for any student of this topic.

About the Authors: Eleonore Breuning is Emerita Senior Lecturer in the Department of History, University of Wales Swansea

Jill Lewis is Senior Lecturer in the Department of History, University of Wales Swansea

Gareth Pritchard is Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Wales, Swansea

Bibliographic Details

Title: Power and the people (Paperback)
Publisher: Manchester University Press, Manchester
Publication Date: 2005
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new