Format:
1 Online-Ressource
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Illustrationen, Karten
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20 cm
Edition:
Fourth edition
ISBN:
9780300219654
Content:
"This is the most acute, informed, and up-to-date account of Ukraine and its people. In this fourth edition Andrew Wilson refreshes his classic work with a new chapter covering Yanukovych's presidency, the uprising on the Kiev Maidan, the Russian invasion of eastern Ukraine and the Crimea, the rise of Petro Poroshenko, and the challenges ahead."--Page 4 of cover
Note:
Previous edition: 2009. - "In this fourth edition Andrew Wilson refreshes his classic work with a new chapter covering Yanukovych's presidency, the uprising on the Kiev Maidan, the Russian invasion of eastern Ukraine and the Crimea, the rise of Petro Poroshenko, and the challenges ahead." -- Back cover
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-398) and index
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1. Contesting national origins: lays of ancient Rus -- 2. The armies of Gog and Magog: myths of Ukrainian antiquity -- 3. Neither fish nor fowl: between Poland and Russia -- 4. The Cossacks: defenders of the wild field, defenders of the faith -- 5. Ukraine, Russia, and Rossiia -- 6. The Habsburg alternative -- 7. The twentieth century: peasants into Ukrainians? -- 8. Independence: gained or gifted? -- 9. Politics: developing the rules of the game -- 10. Imagining Ukrainians: one Ukraine or many? -- 11. Angels and pins: Ukrainian religion -- 12. The IMF's red pencil: Ukraine's economic black hole -- 13. Imagining Ukraine: towards a theory of Ukrainian geopolitics -- 14. The Orange Revolution and its aftermath -- 15. Yanukovych's disastrous presidency: another attempt at revolution ends in war
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-0-300-21725-4
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
Keywords:
Ukraine
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Geschichte
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Ukraine
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Politisches System
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Ukraine
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Geschichte
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