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The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of Eastern Europe

D Hupchick author H Cox author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Palgrave USA

Published:17th Oct '01

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Dennis P. Hupchick is the author of "Conflict and Chaos in Eastern Europe" (SMP, 1995), "Culture and History in Eastern Europe" (SMP, 1994), co-author of "The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of Eastern Europe" (Palgrave, 2001), author of "The Balkans" (Palgrave, 2001), and "The Bulgarians in the Seventeenth Century" (1993).

Addressing the need for a comprehensive map collection for reference and classroom use, this volume includes fifty two two-colour full page maps which are each accompanied by a facing page of explanatory text to provide a useful aid in physical geography and in an area's political development over time.The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of Eastern Europe is a lucid and authoritative guide to a full understanding of the complicated history of Eastern Europe. Addressing the need for a comprehensive map collection for reference and classroom use, this volume includes fifty two two-colour full page maps which are each accompanied by a facing page of explanatory text to provide a useful aid in physical geography and in an area's political development over time. The maps illustrate key moments in East European history from the Middle Ages to the present, in a way that is immediate and comprehensible. Lecturers and students will find it to be an indispensable and affordable classroom and reference tool, and general readers will enjoy it for its clarity and wealth of information.

'...a useful text and library reference. Hupchick's descriptions are lucid, and Cox's cartography is clear and well-coordinated with the narrative...a crucial publication on East Central Europe and the Balkans that can serve as a supplemental volume or stand alone as a short text.' - Nationalities Papers

'...a valuable tool for the classroom and the general public.' - MultiCultural Review

'...a well organized, easy-to-use set of fifty maps...well-written...A welcome publication. . .' - Choice

'...an admirable summary of the history of the area, tracing the complex ethnic and cultural interactions of the peoples of Eastern Europe. It also offers an excellent background for the understanding of the current problems experienced in the region...Recommended for collections of all types...' - Booklist

ISBN: 9780312239855

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 289g

130 pages

2nd ed. 2001