Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia
Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia share a remarkably similar trajectory on their individual paths to becoming the nations they are today. Each had ties to the Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman empires in earlier times, all became Eastern-bloc countries in the 20th century, and...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| PhysicalDescription: | 1 online resource (pages cm) |
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New York
Britannica Educational Publishing in association with Rosen Educational Services, LLC
2014
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| ISBN: | 9781615309870 161530987X |
| Series: | Britannica guide to countries of the European Union
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| Online Access: | EBSCOhost |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: Bulgaria: The Land and Its People; Relief; Drainage; Soils; Climate; Plant and Animal Life; Ethnic Groups and Languages; Cyrillic Alphabet; Religion; Settlement Patterns; Rila Monastery; Sofia; Demographic Trends; Chapter 2: The Bulgarian Economy; Agriculture; Resources and Power; Kolkhoz; Manufacturing; Finance; Trade and Tourism; Labour and Taxation; Transportation and Telecommunications; Chapter 3: Bulgarian Government and Society; Local Government; Justice; Political Process; Todor Zhivkov; Security
- Health and WelfareHousing; Education; Chapter 4: Bulgarian Cultural Life; Daily Life and Social Customs; Festivals; The Arts; Petko Rachev Slaveykov; Cultural Institutions; Sports and Recreation; Hristo Stoichkov; Media and Publishing; Chapter 5: Bulgaria: Past and Present; The Beginnings of Modern Bulgaria; Nesebur; The First Bulgarian Empire; The Spread of Christianity; Saints Cyril and Methodius; Reign of Simeon I; The Second Bulgarian Empire; Ivan Asen I; Ottoman Rule; The "Turkish Yoke"; Janissary Corps; Ottoman Administration; Decline of the Ottoman Empire; The National Revival
- Spread of EducationMonitorial System; Cultural Movement Against Greek Influence; National Revolution; Bulgarian Horrors; Treaties of San Stefano and Berlin; The Principality; Political Divisions Under Alexander of Battenberg; Prince Ferdinand's Rule; Bulgaria at the End of the 19th Century; Foreign Policy Under Ferdinand; The Balkan Wars; World War I; Postwar Politics and Government; Programs of the Agrarian Union; Stamboliyski's Foreign Policy; Communist Uprising; Attempts to Stabilize Government; World War II; Boris's Alliance with Germany; Defending Bulgarian Jews
- Bulgarian Resistance to the Axis AllianceSimeon Saxecoburggotski; The Early Communist Era; Consolidation of Power; Georgi Mikhailovich Dimitrov; Reforms Under the Fatherland Front; Stalinism and De-Stalinization; Late Communist Rule; The Zhivkov Era; End of Party Rule; Bulgaria's Transition; Chapter 6: Hungary: The Land and Its People; Relief; Aggtelek Caves; Drainage and Soils; Climate; Plant and Animal Life; Ethnic Groups and Languages; Hungarian Language; Religion; Roma; Settlement Patterns; Budapest; Demographic Trends; Chapter 7: The Hungarian Economy; Agriculture; Resources and Power
- Tokay WineManufacturing; Finance; Trade; Services; Labour and Taxation; Transportation and Telecommunications; Chapter 8: Hungarian Government and Society; Local Government; Justice; Political Process; Fidesz; Security; Health and Welfare; Housing; Education; Chapter 9: Hungarian Cultural Life; Daily Life and Social Customs; Goulash; The Arts; Imre Kertesz; Bela Bartok; Cultural Institutions; Sports and Recreation; Krisztina Egerszegi; Media and Publishing; Chapter 10: Hungary: Past and Present; The Kingdom to 1526; The Arpads; Esztergom; Saint Stephen's Crown; Hungary Under Foreign Kings
