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Refugee Support and Moral Practice in Slovakia
An Ethnographic Study
Eva-Maria Walther
This ethnography accompanies people who support refugees in Slovakia—outlining the personal and political dilemmas that complicate refugee care in Central Eastern Europe and beyond.
Hardback
9781839991240
June 2024
Forthcoming
£110.00 / $110.00This ethnography accompanies people who support refugees in Slovakia—outlining the personal and political dilemmas that complicate refugee care in Central Eastern Europe and beyond.
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Eight Years on Sakhalin
A Political Prisoner’s Memoir
Ivan P. Iuvachev
translated with commentary by Andrew A. GentesThis memoir by Ivan P. Iuvachëv, a cofounder of the People’s Will, details his time as a political exile in the Sakhalin penal colony from 1887 to 1895. Iuvachëv experienced one of the penal colony’s most tumultuous periods. His vivid descriptions make this both a work of literature and a valuable historical document.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781785278228
January 2022
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£140.00 / $140.00This memoir by Ivan P. Iuvachëv, a cofounder of the People’s Will, details his time as a political exile in the Sakhalin penal colony from 1887 to 1895. Iuvachëv experienced one of the penal colony’s most tumultuous periods. His vivid descriptions make this both a work of literature and a valuable historical document.
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Collaboration in Space and the Search for Peace on Earth
Andrew L. Jenks
The book explores the peaceful exploration of space, which became a launching pad for new visions of human community and peaceful collaboration during the Cold War.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781839980428
December 2021
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£125.00 / $125.00The book explores the peaceful exploration of space, which became a launching pad for new visions of human community and peaceful collaboration during the Cold War.
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Tribunal
A Courtly Comedy in Three Acts
Vladimir Voinovich
Edited and translated by Eric D. MeyerVladimir Voinovich’s Tribunal: A Courtly Comedy in Three Acts is a wildly satiric send-up of the 1960s/1970s Soviet show-trials by a Soviet dissident who was sometimes called ‘Russia’s greatest living satirist.’ Voinovich is also the author of Moscow 2042 and The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781785276682
January 2021
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£125.00 / $125.00Vladimir Voinovich’s Tribunal: A Courtly Comedy in Three Acts is a wildly satiric send-up of the 1960s/1970s Soviet show-trials by a Soviet dissident who was sometimes called ‘Russia’s greatest living satirist.’ Voinovich is also the author of Moscow 2042 and The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin.
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Russia Washed in Blood
A Novel in Fragments
Artyom Vesyoly
translated by Kevin Windle
introduction by Elena Govor, Kevin WindleThis book is the first English translation of a vivid fictionalised account of the Russian Civil War of 1918–1921 by a gifted writer, Artyom Vesyoly, who made it his mission to record the full horror of the events of that period. For his failure to recognise the ‘leading organisational role’ of the Communist Party, he was executed in Stalin’s Great Purge.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781785274848
August 2020
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£200.00 / $200.00This book is the first English translation of a vivid fictionalised account of the Russian Civil War of 1918–1921 by a gifted writer, Artyom Vesyoly, who made it his mission to record the full horror of the events of that period. For his failure to recognise the ‘leading organisational role’ of the Communist Party, he was executed in Stalin’s Great Purge.
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Evgeny Boratynsky and the Russian Golden Age
Unstudied Words That Wove and Wavered
Anatoly Liberman
Evgeny Boratynsky and the Russian Golden Age is the first metrical and rhymed translation of nearly all the lyrics by Evgeny Boratynsky (1800–1844), one of the greatest poets of the Golden Age of Russian poetry. A long introduction and a detailed commentary, which includes multiple poems by Pushkin and many of Boratynsky's contemporaries, provide a unique background for appreciating the poet’s achievements.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781785271366
March 2020
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£125.00 / $125.00Evgeny Boratynsky and the Russian Golden Age is the first metrical and rhymed translation of nearly all the lyrics by Evgeny Boratynsky (1800–1844), one of the greatest poets of the Golden Age of Russian poetry. A long introduction and a detailed commentary, which includes multiple poems by Pushkin and many of Boratynsky’s contemporaries, provide a unique background for appreciating the poet’s achievements.
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Socialist Realism in Central and Eastern European Literatures under Stalin
Institutions, Dynamics, Discourses
Edited by Evgeny Dobrenko, Natalia Jonsson-Skradol
This collection on the export of Socialist Realism into Central and Eastern Europe after WWII is the first work on the subject which offers an in-depth analysis of the particularities of distinct national and cultural contexts and explores complexities of the cultural Sovietisation of the region.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783086979
February 2018
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£175.00 / $175.00This collection on the export of Socialist Realism into Central and Eastern Europe after WWII is the first work on the subject which offers an in-depth analysis of the particularities of distinct national and cultural contexts and explores complexities of the cultural Sovietisation of the region.
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Secret Agents and the Memory of Everyday Collaboration in Communist Eastern Europe
Edited by Péter Apor, Sándor Horváth, James Mark
'Secret Agents and the Memory of Everyday Collaboration in Communist Eastern Europe' examines the ways in which post-Communist societies have sought to make sense of Communist-era collaboration. It explores the motivations for becoming an agent and the moralities of this role, as well as the personal decisions and social consequences involved in this process.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783087235
September 2017
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Secret Agents and the Memory of Everyday Collaboration in Communist Eastern Europe’ examines the ways in which post-Communist societies have sought to make sense of Communist-era collaboration. It explores the motivations for becoming an agent and the moralities of this role, as well as the personal decisions and social consequences involved in this process.
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Ethnographies of Grey Zones in Eastern Europe
Relations, Borders and Invisibilities
Edited by Ida Harboe Knudsen, Martin Demant Frederiksen
Over the last two decades, Eastern European countries have experienced extensive changes in geo-political relocations and relations leading to everyday uncertainty. Based on ethnographic cases, this anthology explores how grey zones of governance, borders, relations and invisibilities affect everyday life in contemporary Eastern Europe.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783084128
April 2015
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£115.00 / $115.00Over the last two decades, Eastern European countries have experienced extensive changes in geo-political relocations and relations leading to everyday uncertainty. Based on ethnographic cases, this anthology explores how grey zones of governance, borders, relations and invisibilities affect everyday life in contemporary Eastern Europe.
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Bulgaria in British Foreign Policy, 1943–1949
Marietta Stankova
This book explores Britain’s involvement in Bulgaria between 1943 and 1949, and by integrating little-known Communist Party documents with British diplomatic records, offers a new understanding of the origins of the Cold War in Bulgaria and the Balkans.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783082322
July 2014
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£115.00 / $115.00This book explores Britain’s involvement in Bulgaria between 1943 and 1949, and by integrating little-known Communist Party documents with British diplomatic records, offers a new understanding of the origins of the Cold War in Bulgaria and the Balkans.
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Being and Becoming European in Poland
European Integration and Self-Identity
Marysia H. Galbraith
This book explores the life-story narratives of southern Poles, and asks what it means to be Polish as its population ‘becomes European’ following Poland’s entry into the European Union.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783082308
June 2014
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£115.00 / $115.00This book explores the life-story narratives of southern Poles, and asks what it means to be Polish as its population ‘becomes European’ following Poland’s entry into the European Union.
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Conditioning Democratization
Institutional Reforms and EU Membership Conditionality in Albania and Macedonia
Ridvan Peshkopia
This book analyzes the effects of European Union membership conditionality on institutional reforms in Eastern European countries hoping to join the EU, specifically Albania and Macedonia.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857283252
April 2014
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£130.00 / $130.00This book analyzes the effects of European Union membership conditionality on institutional reforms in Eastern European countries hoping to join the EU, specifically Albania and Macedonia.
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Fabricating Authenticity in Soviet Hungary
The Afterlife of the First Hungarian Soviet Republic in the Age of State Socialism
Péter Apor
This book explores the memory of the First Hungarian Soviet Republic of 1919, which proved crucial for communist Hungarian political culture throughout the twentieth century. Apor takes an innovative approach to understudied aspects of European memory cultures, focusing particularly on how a dictatorship remembers and the concept of authenticity.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857281104
March 2014
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£115.00 / $115.00This book explores the memory of the First Hungarian Soviet Republic of 1919, which proved crucial for communist Hungarian political culture throughout the twentieth century. Apor takes an innovative approach to understudied aspects of European memory cultures, focusing particularly on how a dictatorship remembers and the concept of authenticity.
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In the World of the Outcasts
Notes of a Former Penal Laborer, Volume I
Pëtr Filippovich Iakubovich
translated by Andrew A. Gentes
introduction by Andrew A. GentesThis is the first English-language translation of P. F. Iakubovich’s popular roman à clef about his exile and experiences as a Siberian penal laborer during the late nineteenth century.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783081110
February 2014
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£130.00 / $130.00This is the first English-language translation of P. F. Iakubovich’s popular roman à clef about his exile and experiences as a Siberian penal laborer during the late nineteenth century.
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In the World of the Outcasts
Notes of a Former Penal Laborer, Volume II
Pëtr Filippovich Iakubovich
translated by Andrew A. Gentes
introduction by Andrew A. GentesThis is the first English-language translation of P. F. Iakubovich’s popular roman à clef about his exile and experiences as a Siberian penal laborer during the late nineteenth century.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783081127
February 2014
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£130.00 / $130.00This is the first English-language translation of P. F. Iakubovich’s popular roman à clef about his exile and experiences as a Siberian penal laborer during the late nineteenth century.
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Global Villages
Rural and Urban Transformations in Contemporary Bulgaria
Edited by Ger Duijzings
‘Global Villages: Rural and Urban Transformations in Contemporary Bulgaria’ aims to broaden the study of globalization from urban to rural contexts, exploring its effects through case studies from postsocialist Bulgaria.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857280732
October 2013
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Global Villages: Rural and Urban Transformations in Contemporary Bulgaria’ aims to broaden the study of globalization from urban to rural contexts, exploring its effects through case studies from postsocialist Bulgaria.
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Bakhtin and his Others
(Inter)subjectivity, Chronotope, Dialogism
Edited by Liisa Steinby, Tintti Klapuri
‘Bakhtin and his Others’ offers fresh theoretical insights into Bakhtin’s ideas on (inter)subjectivity and temporality, research into his theoretical backgrounds, and case studies where these insights are employed in literary analysis.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857283085
March 2013
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Bakhtin and his Others’ offers fresh theoretical insights into Bakhtin’s ideas on (inter)subjectivity and temporality, research into his theoretical backgrounds, and case studies where these insights are employed in literary analysis.
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Holodomor and Gorta Mór
Histories, Memories and Representations of Famine in Ukraine and Ireland
Edited by Christian Noack, Lindsay Janssen, Vincent Comerford
A comparative study of the famines of Ireland (1845–51) and Ukraine (1932–33), and how historical experiences of famine were translated into narratives that supported political claims for independent national statehood.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857285577
November 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00A comparative study of the famines of Ireland (1845–51) and Ukraine (1932–33), and how historical experiences of famine were translated into narratives that supported political claims for independent national statehood.
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Russian Language Studies in North America
New Perspectives from Theoretical and Applied Linguistics
Edited by Veronika Makarova
This collection provides a comprehensive overview of Russian language research in Canada and Russia, with a focus on elements of structure, as well as on language dynamics and change.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857287847
June 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00This collection provides a comprehensive overview of Russian language research in Canada and Russia, with a focus on elements of structure, as well as on language dynamics and change.
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New Lithuania in Old Hands
Effects and Outcomes of EUropeanization in Rural Lithuania
Ida Harboe Knudsen
‘New Lithuania in Old Hands’ examines the impact Lithuania’s EU membership has had upon the country’s ageing small-scale farmers.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857284532
May 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00‘New Lithuania in Old Hands’ examines the impact Lithuania’s EU membership has had upon the country’s ageing small-scale farmers.
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The Voice of the People
Writing the European Folk Revival, 1760–1914
Edited by Matthew Campbell, Michael Perraudin
‘The Voice of the People’ presents a series of essays on literary aspects of the pan-European folk revival from the late eighteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843318941
March 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00‘The Voice of the People’ presents a series of essays on literary aspects of the pan-European folk revival from the late eighteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth.
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Iron Lazar
A Political Biography of Lazar Kaganovich
E. A. Rees
The first English-language biography of Lazar Kaganovich, one of Stalin’s leading deputies, ‘Iron Lazar’ provides an insight into the political and personal relations of the Stalin group, and examines Kaganovich’s role in shaping policy during the Stalinist regime.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857283498
February 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00The first English-language biography of Lazar Kaganovich, one of Stalin’s leading deputies, ‘Iron Lazar’ provides an insight into the political and personal relations of the Stalin group, and examines Kaganovich’s role in shaping policy during the Stalinist regime.
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The Non-Geometric Lenin
Essays on the Development of the Bolshevik Party 1910-1914
Carter Elwood
This book is a collection of eleven essays dealing with Lenin’s attempt to develop a Bolshevik Party between 1910 and 1914 as well as his curious relations with a tsarist police spy and a female Bolshevik during that period.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857287786
April 2011
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£115.00 / $115.00This book is a collection of eleven essays dealing with Lenin’s attempt to develop a Bolshevik Party between 1910 and 1914 as well as his curious relations with a tsarist police spy and a female Bolshevik during that period.
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Christian Fiction and Religious Realism in the Novels of Dostoevsky
Wil van den Bercken
This study offers a literary analysis and theological evaluation of the Christian themes in the five great novels of Dostoevsky - 'Crime and Punishment', 'The Idiot', 'The Adolescent', 'The Devils' and 'The Brothers Karamazov'.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857289766
January 2011
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£115.00 / $115.00This study offers a literary analysis and theological evaluation of the Christian themes in the five great novels of Dostoevsky – ‘Crime and Punishment’, ‘The Idiot’, ‘The Adolescent’, ‘The Devils’ and ‘The Brothers Karamazov’.