In search of lost meaning [[electronic resource] ] : the new Eastern Europe / / Adam Michnik ; edited by Irena Grudzinska Gross ; translated by Roman S. Czarny, with a foreword by Vaclav Havel and an introduction by John Darnton |
Autore | Michnik Adam |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (246 p.) |
Disciplina | 303.48/4094380904 |
Altri autori (Persone) | Grudzińska-GrossIrena |
Soggetto topico |
Social ethics
Social ethics - Poland Social change - Europe, Eastern Social change - Poland |
Soggetto non controllato |
activism
anti semitism central europe cold war communism dissident eastern bloc eastern europe europe european union genocide guilt history holocaust jewish history lech walesa liberalism memoir modern history morality nonfiction poland polish jews polish literature political action political movements politics post cold war rebellion red scare russia social justice solidarity ussr war |
ISBN |
1-283-27813-8
9786613278135 0-520-94947-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword: About Michnik -- Editor's Note -- Introduction: Michnik -- 1. Poland at the Turning Point: Fifteen Years of Transformation, Fifteen Years of Gazeta Wyborcza -- 2. In Search of Lost Meaning: The Twenty- Fifth Anniversary of the Solidarity Movement -- 3. Rage and Shame, Sadness and Pride: The Twenty- Fourth Anniversary of the Imposition of Martial Law -- 4. The Bitter Memory of Budapest: The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Budapest Uprising -- 5. The Sadness of the Gutter -- 6. Accusers and Traitors -- 7. The Accusers and the Noncivic Acts -- 8. A Wound upon Adam Mickiewicz's Brow -- 9. The Kielce Pogrom: Two Examinations of Conscience -- 10. The Shock of Jedwabne -- Glossary: Guide to Events and People -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781291003321 |
Michnik Adam | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Magnetic mountain : Stalinism as a civilization / / Stephen Kotkin |
Autore | Kotkin Stephen |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [1997] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxvi, 639 pages) |
Disciplina | 947.87084 |
Soggetto topico |
Communism
Magnitogorsk (Russia)-- History Soviet Union Communism - Case studies - Soviet Union |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century
blast furnace capitalism cold war communism dictator eastern europe european history factory workers history industrialization iron plant kotkin labor marxism metal nonfiction political science political system politics russia russian history russian revolution russian soviet history social change social history socialism soviet history soviet steel soviet studies soviet union stalin stalinism steel plant ussr workers working class |
ISBN |
1-280-08078-7
9786613520258 0-520-91885-1 0-585-36356-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- USSR Organizational Structure, 1930's -- Note on Translation -- Introduction: Understanding the Russian Revolution -- Introduction -- 1. On the March for Metal -- 2. Peopling a Shock Construction Site -- 3. The Idiocy of Urban Life -- Introduction -- 4. Living Space and the Stranger's Gaze -- 5. Speaking Bolshevik -- 6. Bread and a Circus -- 7. Dizzy with Success -- Afterword: Stalinism as a Civilization -- Note on Sources -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Photograph Credits -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778863603321 |
Kotkin Stephen | ||
Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [1997] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Minsk ghetto, 1941/1943 [[electronic resource] ] : Jewish resistance and Soviet internationalism / / Barbara Epstein |
Autore | Epstein Barbara Leslie <1944-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Los Angeles, : University of California Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (372 p.) |
Disciplina | 940.53185786 |
Collana | The S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies |
Soggetto topico |
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Belarus - Minsk
Jews - Belarus - Minsk - History - 20th century World War, 1939-1945 - Jewish resistance - Belarus - Minsk World War, 1939-1945 - Underground movements - Belarus - Minsk World War, 1939-1945 - Belarus World War, 1939-1945 - Soviet Union |
Soggetto non controllato |
antisemitism
belarus biography byelorussians communism communist underground eastern europe europe forests genocide gentiles ghetto resistance ghetto underground ghetto history holocaust studies holocaust survivors holocaust jewish ghetto jewish history jewish resistance jewish jews judaic judaism military minsk nazis nonfiction oral history rebellion religion religious persecution resistance fighters resistance solidarity soviet jews soviet underground ussr war wartime minsk world war two ww2 |
ISBN |
1-281-75261-4
9786611752613 0-520-93133-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Jewish-Byelorussian Solidarity in World War II Minsk -- 2. Why Minsk Was Different -- 3. The Minsk Ghetto -- 4. The Ghetto Underground -- 5. Solidarity in Wartime Minsk -- 6. Going to the Partisans -- 7. The Soviet Betrayal of the Minsk Underground -- 8. Strategies of Resistance Elsewhere: The Kovno Ghetto -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Guide to Names -- Sources -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782564003321 |
Epstein Barbara Leslie <1944-> | ||
Berkeley, Los Angeles, : University of California Press, 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Steeltown, USSR : Soviet Society in the Gorbachev Era / / Stephen Kotkin |
Autore | Kotkin Stephen |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [1991] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (364 p.) |
Disciplina |
947.87
947/.87 |
Soggetto topico | Perestroĭka - Russia (Federation) - Magnitogorsk |
Soggetto non controllato |
academic
american history communism cultural history dictator economics economy elections gorbachev journalism newspaper political politics russia russian culture russian history scholarly socialism soviet russia soviet society soviet union stalin steel workers steel true story united states history us history ussr |
ISBN |
1-282-35602-X
9786612356025 0-520-91100-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface To The Paperback Edition -- Preface -- Select Chronology -- 1. The Steel Cage: The Politics Of Economic Restructuring -- 2. Glasnost: A City Newspaper Rises, A Theater Declines -- 3. Squaring The Circle: Reform Of And By The Communist Party -- 4. "Is Life Going To Go On Like This Forever?" Hopes Raised, Then Lowered -- 5. Socialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism! Regeneration Through Elections? -- 6. A Stalin Mausoleum: The Past In The Present -- Afterword -- Epilogue -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780432003321 |
Kotkin Stephen | ||
Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [1991] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Surviving freedom [[electronic resource] ] : after the Gulag / / Janusz Bardach and Kathleen Gleeson |
Autore | Bardach Janusz |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (295 p.) |
Disciplina |
947.085/092
B |
Altri autori (Persone) | GleesonKathleen |
Soggetto topico |
Jews - Soviet Union
Jews, Polish - Soviet Union Plastic surgeons - Soviet Union Political prisoners - Soviet Union |
Soggetto non controllato |
belarussian front
biography citizen court martial dictator diplomacy diplomat freedom gold mines grief gulag hard labor healing injured soldier kolyma labor camps loss medical student memoir military moscow nazis nonfiction polish embassy political prisoner postwar moscow postwar russia prison system prisoner of war prisoner ptsd recovery red army redemption repression russia russian history siberia soldier soviet union stalin stalinist moscow stalinist russia suffering ussr war hero |
ISBN |
1-282-75919-1
9786612759192 0-520-92984-5 1-59734-926-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- PROLOGUE -- 1. VIEW FROM THE EMBASSY WINDOW -- 2. WAITING FOR TOMORROW -- 3. JOURNEY TO THE PAST -- 4. THE HOUSE ON THE HILL -- 5. FARNA STREET -- 6. NO MAN'S LAND -- 7. LYING AND CHEATING -- 8. GUARDIAN OF THE DEAD -- 9. MARCHING ON RED SQUARE -- 10. FIRST FINAL EXAMS -- 11. POSTWAR POLAND -- 12. FAMILY OF FRIENDS -- 13. SUMMER 1947 -- 14. FINDING MY WAY -- 15. ENEMIES EVERYWHERE -- 16. COMING INTO MY OWN -- 17. ASPIRANTURA -- 18. LOWER THAN GRASS, QUIETER THAN STILL WATER -- 19. THE END OF TERROR -- EPILOGUE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783158503321 |
Bardach Janusz | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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