Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Before the Middle Ages -- The Middle Ages in Sweden (1100-1500 AD) -- Modernism and signs of national cohesion in the 16th Century -- Age of greatness : Sweden as a European power -- Rocking in a loss of way (1648-1810) -- The Swedes…
Der Osteuropa-Historiker Karl Schlögel lädt mit seiner Archäologie des Kommunismus zu einer Neuvermessung der sowjetischen Welt ein. Wir wussten immer schon viel darüber, wie "das System" funktioniert, weit weniger über die Routinen des Lebens in außer gewöhnlichen Zeiten. Aber …
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