Paulina Bren: 2 books
The Greengrocer and His TV
The Culture of Communism after the 1968 Prague Spring
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia brought an end to the Prague Spring and its promise of "socialism with a human face." Before the invasion, Czech reformers had made unexpected use of television to advance political and social change. In its aftermath, Communist Party leaders employed the...
Transnational Moments of Change
Europe 1945, 1968, 1989
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2004
Transnational Moments of Change offers a broad introduction to the methodology and practice of transnational history. To demonstrate the value of this approach, the work focuses on Europe since World War II, a period whose study particularly benefits from a transnational vantage point. Twelve distinguished...