The Curtain Rises
Subtitle: Oral Histories of the Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe
Contributors: Ronald Shapiro (Contributor)
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: January 21, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780786416721
Subjects: Oral history; Social conditions; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; Europe, Eastern; World - General; Communism; Social Situations And Conditions; Politics/International Relations; Political Science; History - General History; Eastern Europe; History; Anthropology - Cultural; 1989-; Post-communism; Eastern Europe - General; History & Theory - General; Political Ideologies - Communism & Socialism
Description: "In this book, everyday people talk about their lives in Romania, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. They describe Soviet domination, revolution in their respective countries, and adaptation to free society. These individuals - entrepreneurs, artists, political activists, scientists, and teachers - are assuming leadership roles in local politics and implementing reforms in the schools. Meanwhile, they struggle with philosophical and cultural adjustments to a world profoundly changed - and still changing everyday."--Jacket.