Goodbye Eastern Europe - An Intimate History of a Divided Land (Hardcover)

Eastern Europe is disappearing. Not off the map of course, but as an idea. Today it calls to mind a jumble of post-Soviet states paved over with C&A and McDonald's. We could describe Eastern Europe as a group of twenty nations - but why? For most of their history, they weren't nations at all. The region is more than the sum total of its annexations, invasions and independence declarations. Eastern Europe abounds with peoples tied together by tragicomic twists of fate. Lives could be turned upside down by distant decrees from Vienna or Istanbul, or just as easily by a stubborn bureaucrat in your village. In twentieth-century Khust, you could live in six different countries without ever leaving your house. You could get married any day, but buying a teakettle was a singular event. Goodbye Eastern Europe is a eulogy for a world we are losing, a vanishing culture of polytheism, vampires, sacred groves, and movable borders.

General

Imprint:	Oneworld Publications
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2023
Authors:	Jacob Mikanowski
Dimensions:	234 x 153mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	384
ISBN-13:	978-0-86154-259-8
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Historical geography Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Local history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Religious groups Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel writing > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Local history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Travel > Travel writing > General
LSN:	0-86154-259-2
Barcode:	9780861542598

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