Thomas K Murphy: 2 books
A Land without Castles
The Changing Image of America in Europe, 1780-1830
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2001
Thomas K. Murphy explores the shifting history of European attitudes toward America, utilizing British and French writing from the late eighteenth through the middle of the nineteenth centuries. Murphy studies a rich collage of literary, philosophical, and political writing by Europeans during this...
Czechoslovakia Behind the Curtain
Life, Work and Culture in the Communist Era
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2018
During the Cold War, the West—especially in the popular media—tended to view communism as a monolithic phenomenon, with little variation throughout the Eastern Bloc. Yet culture and geography contributed to social diversity among and within communist systems. Drawing on interviews with approximately...