Transnational culture and the political transformation of East-Central Europe

European Journal of Social Theory

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 337-357

  Brier, Robert ^a  

^a German Historical Institute   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cultural history; East Central Europe; Institutional convergence; Modernity; Revolutions of 1989; Transnational culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249123898     PISSN: 13684310     EISSN: 14617137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368431009337350     Document Type: Article

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