The price of freedom
Subtitle: a history of East Central Europe from the Middle Ages to the present
By: Piotr S. Wandycz.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2001
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 335
ISBN-13: 9780415254908; 9780415254915
Subjects: Europe, Eastern -- History.; Europe, Central -- History.
Description: xvii, 335 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 300-314) and index.
Table of contents: title: Contents … vii; title: List of maps ... viii; title: List of tables ... ix; title: Preface to the Second Edition ... xi; title: Preface ... xiii; title: A guide to pronunciation ... xvii; title: ◦; title: Introduction: what's in a name? … 1; title: 1. The medieval heritage … 18; title: 2. The challenge of the modern age … 48; title: 3. The seventeenth-century crisis … 77; title: 4. Enlightened absolutism or enlightened liberty? … 105; title: 5. The age of liberal nationalism … 135; title: 6. From compromise to independence … 166; title: 7. The difficult independence … 201; title: 8. The hard road to freedom … 236; title: ◦; title: Notes ... 276; title: Chronological tables ... 279; title: Bibliography ... 300; title: Index ... 315