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The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of Eastern Europe (2nd Revised edition) ISBN: 0312239858 ISBN13: 9780312239855 The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of Eastern Europe (2nd Revised edition) By: Dennis P. Hupchick ; Harold Cox Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Format: Paperback Our Price: 18.99 Discount: 5% RRP: 19.99

This reference is a guide to a full understanding of the complicated history of Eastern Europe. Addressing the need for a comprehensive map collection for reference and classroom use, the volume includes 52 two-colour full page maps which are each accompanied by a facing page of explanatory text to provide a useful aid in physical geography and in an area's political development over time. The maps illustrate key moments in East European history from the Middle Ages to the present, in a way that is immediate and comprehensible. Lecturers and students should find it to be an affordable classroom and reference tool, and general readers should enjoy it for its clarity and wealth of information.


Contents:

Preface - General Key to the Maps - INTRODUCTORY MAPS - Eastern Europe-Political, 1996 - Eastern Europe-Physical - Eastern Europe-Demographic - Eastern Europe-Cultural - PART I: EARLY MEDIEVAL PERIOD (to the 13th Century) - The Division of the Roman Empire, Late 3rd Century - The Barbarian Migrations, 4th-6th Centuries - The East Roman Empire under Justinian I, Mid-6th Century - Slavic and Turkic Invasions, 6th-8th Centuries - Eastern Europe, Mid-9th Century - The Rise of Bulgaria, 8th-10th Centuries - Constantinople, 11th Century - The Balkans, Early 11th Century - The Rise of Hungary, 10th-13th Centuries - The Rise of Poland, Late 10th-13th Centuries - Eastern Europe, Mid-11th Century - The Balkans, Late 12th Century - PART II: LATE MEDIEVAL PERIOD (13th-15th Centuries) - The Latin Empire of Constantinople, 1214 - The Rise of Serbia, 13th-14th Centuries - Eastern Europe, Mid-13th Century - Eastern Europe, Mid-14th Century - Prague, Mid-14th-15th Centuries - The Rise of the Ottoman Empire, 13th-15th Centuries - The Expansion of Poland, 14th-15th Centuries - PART III: EARLY MODERN PERIOD (16th-18th Centuries) - Apex of the Ottoman Empire, Mid-16th Century - Istanbul, 16th-17th Centuries - Apex and Decline of Poland, 16th-17th Centuries - The Rise of the Habsburgs, 16th-17th Centuries - Ottoman Decline, 17th-18th Centuries - The Partitions of Poland, 1772-1795 - PART IV: PERIOD OF NATIONALISM (19th Century-1918) - Eastern Europe, 1809 - Eastern Europe, 1815 - The Balkans after the Serb and Greek Revolutions, 1830 - Revolutions in the Austrian Empire, 1848-1849 - The Austro-Hungarian Ausgleich, 1867 - The Balkans, 1878-1885 - The Macedonian Question - The Balkans, 1908 - Bosnia-Hercegovina, 1908-1914 - The Balkan Wars, 1912-1913 - Eastern Europe, 1914 - Eastern Europe during World War I - PART V: MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY PERIODS (1918-1999) - Eastern Europe, 1923 - Independent Poland, 1920-1922 - Hungary after Trianon, 1920-1939 - Romania after Trianon, 1920-1938 - The Transylvanian Question - Versailles-Created Yugoslavia, 1921-1941 - Czechoslovakia and Munich, 1920-1939 - Eastern Europe during World War II, 1938-1944 - Eastern Europe, 1948-1991 - Wars of Yugoslav Succession, 1991-1995 - The 'Kosovo Crisis,' 1999 - Selected Bibliography - Index


Brief Description:

This reference is a guide to a full understanding of the complicated history of Eastern Europe. Addressing the need for a comprehensive map collection for reference and classroom use, the volume includes 52 full page maps which are each accompanied by a facing page of explanatory text.

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