{"product_id":"whats-so-eastern-about-eastern-leon-marc-9781842433409","title":"What's So Eastern about Eastern Europe?: Twenty Years After the Fall of the Berlin Wall","description":"\u003cp\u003e Leon Marc gives the reader the big picture of Eastern Europe--its political, economic, social and cultural history, the nature of changes there and of the issues at stake in the political and economic transition--while putting the fall of the Berlin Wall and the EU enlargement into a broader perspective of general European history. Three key strands of Eastern Europe--Central Europe, Eastern Europe proper, and Southeast Europe--are identified and the Germanic, Byzantine, and Ottoman influences on the region are examined. \u003ci\u003eWhat's \u003c\/i\u003eSo\u003ci\u003e Eastern About Eastern Europe?\u003c\/i\u003e is written in an accessible, non-academic way, addressing the stereotypes about the region and their roots and explaining why the notion of Eastern Europe is now obsolete and misleading. It gives an Eastern European's perspective, and is informed by the author's own personal experience of the changes that brought the Wall down. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leon Marc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1842433407\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781842433409\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oldcastle Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Leon Marc","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48453936218367,"sku":"9781842433409","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a59ad50d-5436-4b0c-b344-e64064754d2f.jpg?v=1777303131","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/whats-so-eastern-about-eastern-leon-marc-9781842433409","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}