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Berghahn Books Historical Concepts Between Eastern and Western Europe 2007 Edition by Manfred Hildermeier
More than a decade after the breakdown of the Soviet Empire and the reunification of Europe historiographies and historical concepts still are very much apart. Though contacts became closer and Russian historians joined their Polish colleagues in the effort to take up western discussions and methodologies, there have been no common efforts yet for joint interpretations and no attempts to reach a common understanding of central notions and concepts. Exploring key concepts and different meanings in Western and East-European/Russian history, this volume offers an important contribution to such a comparative venture. Table of contents :- Editorial PrefaceJane Caplan, Timothy Garton Ash, Jurgen Kocka, Gerhard Ritter, Margit Szoelloesi-JanzeIntroductionManfred HildermeierChapter 1. National Socialist and Stalinist Rule: The Possibilities and Limits of ComparisonUlrich HerbertChapter 2. Burgher and Town: Typological Differences and Functional EquivalentsManfred HildermeierChapter 3. Republicanism versus Monarchy? Government by Estates in Poland-Lithuania and the Holy Roman Empire, Sixteenth to Eighteenth CenturiesMichael G. MullerChapter 4. The Impact of Religion on the Revolutions in France (1789) and Russia (1905/17)Martin Schulze WesselChapter 5. Dictatorships of Unambiguity: Cultural Transfer from Europe to Russia and the Soviet Union, 1861-1953Joerg BaberowskiChapter 6. Europe and the Culture of Borders: Rethinking Borders after 1989Karl SchloegelChapter 7. Civil Society in Nineteenth-Century Europe: Comparison and BeyondJurgen KockaBibliographyNotes on ContributorsIndex