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Contemporary Europe: Histories and Identities

Contemporary Europe: Histories and Identities European & German Studies, University of Adelaide One of the more dubious benefits of Europe’s prolonged division into Eastern and Western blocs after the World War II was ease of geographical identification. Even if both blocs contained their own renegade and peripheral states, questions of national identity and loyalty were easily answered with reference to the hard historical reality of the Iron Curtain which ran down the middle of the continent. Whether one dates the end of the great divide to the fall of the Berlin Wall ten years ago, or concurs with Eric Hobsbawm that it was the collapse of Soviet communism in 1991 that brought the twentieth century to its premature end, it is certain that geopolitical and mental maps of Europe have become more complex. Histories and identities have been recast in a manner which is breathtaking in scope and rapidity. Although these changes affect the entire continent, the emphasis in this special issue has been deliberately placed on Eastern and Central Europe. In part this stems from a recognition that the changes there have been more profound than in the West, but it is also an acknowledgement that Central and Eastern Europe are generally http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian Journal of Politics and History Wiley

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Wiley
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Departments of Government & History, University of Queensland & Blackwell Publishers 1999
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0004-9522
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1467-8497
DOI
10.1111/1467-8497.00049
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European & German Studies, University of Adelaide One of the more dubious benefits of Europe’s prolonged division into Eastern and Western blocs after the World War II was ease of geographical identification. Even if both blocs contained their own renegade and peripheral states, questions of national identity and loyalty were easily answered with reference to the hard historical reality of the Iron Curtain which ran down the middle of the continent. Whether one dates the end of the great divide to the fall of the Berlin Wall ten years ago, or concurs with Eric Hobsbawm that it was the collapse of Soviet communism in 1991 that brought the twentieth century to its premature end, it is certain that geopolitical and mental maps of Europe have become more complex. Histories and identities have been recast in a manner which is breathtaking in scope and rapidity. Although these changes affect the entire continent, the emphasis in this special issue has been deliberately placed on Eastern and Central Europe. In part this stems from a recognition that the changes there have been more profound than in the West, but it is also an acknowledgement that Central and Eastern Europe are generally

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Australian Journal of Politics and History – Wiley

Published: Mar 1, 1999

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