Romania (Reaktion Books - Topographics)
a well-written, well-translated and well-illustrated book ... much more than a tourist guide ... both useful and enlightening from a historical and cultural point of view. Choice ... an interesting and timely contribution to our growing understanding of the regional geography of a post-communist country about which relatively little is known ... Boia's book is noteworthy as it is neither a simple regional geography nor is it a travelogue ... a wonderful book about Romania ... a useful aid to critical understanding - one unfettered by the more common preoccupation with potted histories and dry trade statistics. Scholars will value it for its theoretically sophisticated approach and its respect for its readership. Geography