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Mitteleuropa in East-Central Europe From Helsinki to EU Accession (1975—2004)
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In this paper, the authors provide a description, an analysis and an explanation of Mitteleuropa and other closely related concepts, such as East-Central Europe, and outline the future directions in which the concept will change.Abstract:
The aim of this article is to provide a description, an analysis and an explanation of Mitteleuropa and of other closely related concepts, such as East-Central Europe. The first section briefly addresses the broad historiographical issues. The second addresses the more strictly political and intellectual history of the concept in the period between 1975 and 1989 while the third section will describe the evolution of the concept after the end of the Cold War. The final part outlines the future directions in which the concept will change.read more
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The origins of backwardness in Eastern Europe : economics and politics from the Middle Ages until the early twentieth century
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The Economic Lag of Central and Eastern Europe: Income Estimates for the Habsburg Successor States, 1870–1910
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Civil Society and the State
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The Cold War: a history in documents and eyewitness accounts
TL;DR: The Cold War as mentioned in this paper is a collection of official and unofficial documents which provide a truly multi-faceted account of the entire Cold War era, from the end of World War II right up to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.