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Author: Keith Hitchins
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2014-02-20
Total Pages: 345
ISBN-13: 0521872383
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA comprehensive and engaging new history charting Romania's development over 2000 years from its establishment to the present day.
Author: Neagu Djuvara
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781478132042
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book presents captivating stories about Romania's past in the larger context of European and world history. Prof. Djuvara sets aside the academic tone to recount the story of Romanians, without taboos or prejudices. Common misunderstandings are brought to light and clarified, such as the story of Vlad the Impaler and the role played by Romania in World War II. Read about the wars between Dacia and Rome, barbarian invasions, the assimilation of other populations, the complex history of Transylvania, Moldavia and Wallachia and about great sacrifices made in defense of Christianity. This translation published by Cross Meridian (Canada) is dedicated to young people of Romanian descent who live in countries where English is spoken or understood.
Author: Neagu Djuvara
Publisher: Humanitas SA
Published: 2016-10-28
Total Pages: 437
ISBN-13: 9735053810
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is not an ordinary history book. As readers will realise quite early on, Neagu Djuvara has the audacity to tackle some of the most delicate and controversial issues in Romanian history under the guise of light storytelling. With the addition of illustrations, the book becomes better and easier to understand: we are offered the chance to see how ancient artefacts discovered by archaeologists actually look like, or catch a glimpse of the world of barbarians and medieval warriors depicted in wonderful illuminated manuscripts. As we get nearer to the modern age, the imagery becomes even richer and we get to know Romania's princes and monarchs, their allies and their enemies, the politicians – good and bad – their triumphs, tribulations or even tragedies; and sometimes even the common people going about their daily lives. The photographic discourse focuses on the most important documents, even if their condition is not optimal. You will also find images of pottery, jewellery and weaponry, some of them from unexpected sources, often unknown to the public, accompanied by detailed captions that complement the information provided in the text itself. Together, the story and illustrations intertwine to form a new, enhanced historical account - and hopefully, one not lacking in originality.
Author: Ion Bulei
Publisher:
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9786067500165
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Ion Dodu Bălan
Publisher: Bucharest : Academy of Social and Political Sciences
Published: 1981
Total Pages: 128
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Debbie Stowe
Publisher: Kuperard
Published: 2017-05-01
Total Pages: 168
ISBN-13: 178702976X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA land of mountains, hills, and fertile plains, Romania is a tourist destination waiting to be discovered. It is a rich and complex country: a place whose cities are home to beautiful parks and vibrant cultural scenes; whose people welcome guests warmly into their homes, sharing the best of whatever they have, and party into the night, suffused by Latin joie de vivre. Buffeted over time between three great powers—the West, Russia, and Turkey—Romania betrays the cultural influences of each, and it can be a difficult place to get a handle on. Culture Smart! Romania provides an indispensable tool for the foreign visitor, digging deep behind the clichés, explaining many of the behavioral quirks of the people, smoothing your path toward better understanding, and outlining the many attractions—cultural, social, and geographical—that await you in this underexplored part of Europe.
Author: Nigel Shakespear
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
Published: 2017-09-05
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 1783065931
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTimes New Romanian provides a picture of Romania today through the individual first-person narratives of people who chose to go and make a life in this country.
Author: Lucian Boia
Publisher: Central European University Press
Published: 2001-01-01
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9789639116979
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBased on the idea that there is a considerable difference between reality and discourse, the author points out that history is constantly reconstructed, adapted and sometimes mythicized from the perspectives of the present day, present states of mind and ideologies. He closely examines historical culture and conscience in nineteenth and twentieth century Romania, particularly concentrating on the impact of the national ideology on history. Boia's innovative analysis identifies several key mythical configurations and shows how Romanians have reconstituted their own highly ideologized history over the last two centuries. The strength of History and Myth in Romanian Consciousness lies in the author's ability to fully deconstruct the entire Romanian historiographic system and demonstrate the increasing acuteness of national problems in general, and in particular the exploitation of history to support national ideology.
Author: Ioan Aurel Pop
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 184
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe volume provides a comprehensive, yet brief, analysis of the evolution of Romanian history and civilization from the first century BC to the present. Its principal attraction to readers is the conceptual and analytical approach designed to provide an intelligent, yet scholarly, overview of Romanian history, and a clear understanding of the problems facing the country, rooted in that history, in the post-communist period of transition of the 1990s and, most likely, also in the new millennium.
Author: Mircea Martin
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2017-12-28
Total Pages: 377
ISBN-13: 1501327925
DOWNLOAD EBOOKApproaching Romanian literature as world literature, this book is a critical-theoretical manifesto that places its object at the crossroads of empires, regions, and influences and draws conclusions whose relevance extends beyond the Romanian, Romance, and East European cultural systems. This “intersectional” revisiting of Romanian literature is organized into three parts. Opening with a fresh look at the literary ideology of Romania's “national poet,” Mihai Eminescu, part I dwells primarily on literary-cultural history as process and discipline. Here, the focus is on cross-cultural mimesis, the role of strategic imitation in the production of a distinct literature in modern Romania, and the shortcomings marking traditional literary historiography's handling of these issues. Part II examines the ethno-linguistic and territorial complexity of Romanian literatures or “Romanian literature in the plural.” Part III takes up the trans-systemic rise of Romanian, Jewish Romanian, and Romanian-European avant-garde and modernism, Socialist Realism, exile and émigré literature, and translation.
