This valuable collection of essays makes a scholarly contribution to our knowledge of Central and Eastern European history. With ground-breaking contributions from international scholars such as Philip Longworth and Piotr Gorecki, this volume is an essential text for anyone studying or generally interested in understanding the development of the post-Communist world.

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-27112-2

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Introduction

Kirschbaum Stanislav J.

1-4

Legitimacy and myth in central and Eastern Europe

Longworth Philip

5-14

Community, memory and law in medieval Poland

Górecki Piotr

15-26

Boundary delimitation in medieval Poland

Myśliwski Grzegorz

27-36

The construction and deconstruction of nineteenth-century Polish liberalism

Porter Brian A.

37-64

T. G. Masaryk's Nová evropa

Leoncini Francesco

65-73

Czechoslovakia and the anti-hitler emigrants, 1933–39

Hahn Fred

74-90

Polonia and Polish emigration in Polish communist propaganda

Reczyńska Anna

91-99

The communist "polonia" society and Polish communities in the West

Lencznarowicz Jan

100-115

Václav Havel and the ideal of democracy

Neudorfl Marie L.

116-137

The social and political contributions of theatre to the Czechoslovak revolution of 1989

Savin Janet

138-161

Trade union configurations transformation policies in Poland Hungary

Deppe Rainer; Tatur Melanie

162-190

Tripartism in Slovakia

Čambáliková Monika

191-206

Social partnership in the Czech republic

Mansfeldová Zdenka

207-218

Federalism and nationalism in Yugoslavia

Remington Robin Alison

219-236