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04181aam a22005778i 4500 001 61BE6408335511EE8BFEB64C44ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230805010027 008 220804s2023 nyuab e b 001 0deng 010 $a 2022037756 020 $a 1524748501 020 $a 9781524748500 035 $a (OCoLC)1331703524 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d TOH $d JCX $d VP@ $d RNL $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a ee----- 100 1 $a Mikanowski, Jacob, $e author. 245 10 $a Goodbye, Eastern Europe : $b an intimate history of a divided land / $c Jacob Mikanowski. 246 30 $a Intimate history of a divided land 250 $a First edition. 263 $a 2304 264 1 $a New York : $b Pantheon Books, $c [2023] 300 $a xxii, 376 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-352) and index. 505 0 $a Pagans and Christians -- Jews -- Muslims -- Heretics -- Empires -- Peoples -- Wanderers -- Nations -- Moderns -- Prophets -- War -- Stalinism -- Socialism -- Fall. 520 $a "In light of Russia's aggressive 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Goodbye, Eastern Europe is a crucial, elucidative read, a sweeping epic chronicling a thousand years of strife, war, and bloodshed--from pre-Christianity to the fall of Communism--illuminating the remarkable cultural significance and richness of a place perpetually lost to the margins of history. Eastern Europe, the moniker, has gone out of fashion since the fall of the Soviet Union. Ask someone now, and they might tell you that Estonia is in the Baltics, or Scandinavia, that Slovakia is in Central Europe and Croatia is in the Eastern Adriatic or the Balkans. In fact, Eastern Europe is a place that barely exists at all, except in cultural memory. Yet it remains a powerful marker of identity for many, with a fragmented and wide history, defined by texts, myths, and memories of centuries of hardship and suffering. Goodbye, Eastern Europe is a masterful narrative about a place that has survived the brink of being forgotten. Beginning with long-lost accounts of early pagan life, Mikanowski offers a kaleidoscopic tour recounting the rise and fall of the great empires--Ottoman, Hapsburg, and Russian--the dawn of the modern era, the ravages of Fascism and Communism, as well as Capitalism, the birth of the modern nation-state, and more. A student of literature, history, and the ghosts of his own family's past, Mikanowski paints a magisterial portrait of a place united by diversity, and eclecticism, and a people with the shared story of being the dominated rather than the dominating. The result is a loving and ebullient celebration of the distinctive and vibrant cultures that stubbornly persisted at the margins of Western Europe, and a powerful corrective that re-centers our understanding of how the modern Western world took shape"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a National characteristics, East European. 650 7 $a Civilization. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00862898 650 7 $a National characteristics, East European. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01033407 650 7 $a HISTORY / Europe / Eastern. $2 bisacsh 651 0 $a Europe, Eastern $x History. 651 0 $a Europe, Eastern $x Civilization. 651 7 $a Eastern Europe. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01245079 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Online version: $a Mikanowski, Jacob $t Goodbye, Eastern Europe. $b First edition $d New York : Pantheon Books, [2023] $z 9781524748517 $w (DLC) 2022037757 941 $a 13 952 $l VXPE964 $d 20240514011610.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20240509011855.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20240206011243.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20231103011709.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20231005013425.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20230912012011.0 952 $l BJPD251 $d 20230908010140.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20230906010131.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20230902013932.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20230902013048.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20230902012249.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20230902010544.0 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20230805010303.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=61BE6408335511EE8BFEB64C44ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b C@VInitiate Another SILO Locator Search