Socialism goes global : the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in the age of decolonization
The first work to provide a broad history of the relationship between Eastern Europe and the decolonising world ranging from the nineteenth to the late twentieth century. At its core is the post-1945 period, when socialism's importance as a globalising force accelerated and drew together what c...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Oxford : Oxford University Press USA - OSO,
[2022]
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| Schlagworte: | Socialism Decolonization Cold War Globalization Decolonization-History-20th century Socialism-History-20th century Developing countries-Foreign relations-Europe, Eastern Europe, Eastern-Foreign relations-Developing countries Electronic books Sowjetunion mehr... |
| Umfang: | 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 367 Seiten) |
| Zusammenfassung: | The first work to provide a broad history of the relationship between Eastern Europe and the decolonising world ranging from the nineteenth to the late twentieth century. At its core is the post-1945 period, when socialism's importance as a globalising force accelerated and drew together what contemporaries called the 'Second' and 'Third Worlds'. Cover -- Socialism Goes Global: The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in the Age of Decolonization -- Copyright -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction -- When Socialism Went Global -- Departure Points -- A Forgotten History -- Escaping Peripherality: Eastern Europe as a Region between the Colonial and the Anti-colonial -- Challenges: Were Eastern Europeans Really Anti-colonial? -- Reperipheralization and the End of Anti-colonialism? -- 1: Origins -- Eastern Europe: An Anti-colonial Colonialism? -- Soviet Union: An Anti-imperialist Empire? -- Creating the 'Communist Ecumene' -- A Post-colonial Vanguard? -- From Berlin to Addis: The Rise of Fascism and Eastern European Anti-colonialism -- The Second World War and Its Aftermath -- The Soviet Union -- Nazi Occupation in Eastern Europe -- After Occupation -- 2: Development -- From Periphery to Fragile Centre: The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe as Developmental Models -- Eastern European Ambivalence and Anti-colonial World-making -- An Alternative World System? -- Bilateral Interdependence -- Losing Control, and Reperipheralization: The 1980s Debt Crisis -- The End of the Eastern European Model? Learning from the 'Semi-Periphery' -- Conclusion -- 3: War and Peace -- Sharing Histories, Sharing Weapons -- From Solidarity to Profit -- Terrorism, Violence and Civilization -- Conclusions -- 4: Culture -- The Modernism Mission -- The Socialist Defence of Tradition -- Bridges and Borders -- 5: Rights -- The Cold War, Communism and Human Rights -- Hungary 1956 -- From the Congo Crisis to the Algerian War -- Race and Rights -- Conclusion -- 6: Race -- Racial Innocence and Imperial Nostalgia -- Are They White Imperialists? -- Are They Anti-racistat Home? -- Eastern Europe Close Up: The Experiences of Students and Labour Migrants -- Abandoning Anti-Racist Whiteness. |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 367 Seiten) |
| ISBN: | 9780192665218 0192665219 9780192848857 0192848852 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/oso/9780192848857.001.0001 |