Romania : borderland of Europe / Lucian Boia ; translated by James Christian Brown.

Main entry:

Boia, Lucian.

Title & Author:

Romania : borderland of Europe / Lucian Boia ; translated by James Christian Brown.

Publication:

London : Reaktion Books, 2001.

Description:

328 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Series:

Topographics

Notes:
Covers extend to form two additional leaves.
Translated from the original Romanian ed.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-316) and indexes.
A Look at the Map -- An Island of Latinity -- How Romania was Created -- Romanian Communism -- Between the Past and the Future -- Romanians and Foreigners -- Who's Who in the Romanian Pantheon -- A Walk through Bucharest.
Translated from the Romanian.

Summary:

"Romania occupies a unique position on the borderland of Europe. In this book, the Romanian writer Lucian Boia surveys the history of his native land from the Roman period to modern times, illuminating its complex culture and tumultuous history, and the diversity of its inter-ethnic relations - sometimes conflictual but always enriching. From Count Dracula and Queen Marie to Mircea Eliade and Nicolae Ceausescu, Boia introduces us to Romania's real and imagined heroes and villains, providing among other things an enlightening account of the Communist era. He shows how the disruptions produced by Communism further held back a country whose historical late-coming had only partly been compensated for by the modernization programme upon which it had embarked in the nineteenth century. Boia argues that Romania today is a land of strong contrasts where striking difference exist between the elite and the rest of the population, and where the match is still being played out between nationalists and partisans of integration in Europe - a country still trying to fix a contemporary identity and envision a viable future for itself. His occasionally humorous, always affectionate text concludes with a tour of the capital city of Bucharest, whose apartment blocks, places, boulevards and public monuments embody Romania's traditional values and contemporary contradictions."--Jacket.

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ISBN:

1861891032 (paperback)
9781861891037 (paperback)

Subject:

Architecture Roumanie.
Civilization.
Geschichte
Sociale geschiedenis.
Architecture Romania.
Romania History.
Romania Civilization.
Roumanie Civilisation.
Roumanie Relations interethniques Histoire.
Roumanie Histoire.
Romania.
Europa
Rumänien

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Topographics.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 220405
Call No.: DR205 .B6 2001
Status: Available

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