Rewriting and remembering Romanian communism: Some controversial issues

Nationalities Papers

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 205-221

  Ciobanu, Monica ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

History of Romanian communism; Remembering communism; Retroactive justice

Indexed keywords

COMMUNISM; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; HUMAN RIGHTS; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL HISTORY; POST-COMMUNISM; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

ROMANIA;

EID: 79952397435     PISSN: 00905992     EISSN: 14653923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00905992.2010.549472     Document Type: Article

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