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Rumania 1866-1947 (Hardcover)
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Rumania 1866-1947 (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford History of Modern Europe
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From the mid-nineteenth century until the Second World War, the
energies of Rumanian political and intellectual elites were
absorbed by the building of their nation. In this comprehensive and
scholarly study Keith Hitchins traces these complex processes and
explores how Rumania's leaders attempted to transform the ideology
of modern nationhood into strong political, economic, and social
institutions and to find ways of preserving independence in an
international political and economic order dominated by the great
powers. As the new Rumania took shape, the threads of historical
continuity remained strikingly evident: in government a strong
administrative centralization prevailed, despite the maturing of
parliamentary institutions and the diversity of political
expression; the national economy remained beholden to agriculture,
despite the steady growth of industry; and in cultural life
traditional values persisted, despite the adoption of modern forms.
In foreign relations the most pressing aim was to unite all
Rumanians in a single state and to defend its sovereignty within an
uncertain international order. In all these endeavours, the measure
of achievement was the West. After the Second World War, when the
Communist Party came to power, this historical continuity was
broken. The experiment in nation-building gave way to a new
ideology, and Rumania now turned to the Soviet political and
economic model.
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