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Gale Stokes
European Studies
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18. In Search of the Drama of History or A Second Look at Communism and Nationalism
Jul 07, 2011The series of articles that follows confront a fundamental question of socio-political development, the nature of social allegiances and the two main systems of classification that have been proposed to explain them: class and nation. All of the articles revolve around issues raised by Roman Szporluk in his book "Communism and Nationalism: Marx vs. List," published by the Oxford University Press in the spring of 1988. more
31. Lessons of the East European Revolutions of 1989
Jul 07, 2011There is little doubt what the greatest lesson of 1989 is: communism failed. Recent commentary to the contrary, this failure is not a parochial event limited in its significance to Eastern Europe, to the resolution of the Cold War, or to Western policy initiatives, but rather a moment of global importance in the most important family of events of the last few hundred years. These events do not have a satisfactory name, even though we all know how fundamental they are. Instead of calling them the industrial revolution, modernization, the great transformation, the single transition, or the emergence of capitalism, the author here explores their definition as the energy revolution. more
Yugoslavia: Oblique Insights and Observations
April 02, 2009 // 3:30pm — 5:00pm
Mary Rusinow; A. Ross Johnson, Woodrow Wilson Center Senior Scholar; and Gale Stokes, Professor Emeritus of History, Rice University more
Yugoslavia: Oblique Insights and Observations
April 02, 2009 // 3:30pm — 5:00pm
Mary Rusinow; A. Ross Johnson, Woodrow Wilson Center Senior Scholar; and Gale Stokes, Professor Emeritus of History, Rice University
31. Lessons of the East European Revolutions of 1989
Jul 07, 2011There is little doubt what the greatest lesson of 1989 is: communism failed. Recent commentary to the contrary, this failure is not a parochial event limited in its significance to Eastern Europe, to the resolution of the Cold War, or to Western policy initiatives, but rather a moment of global importance in the most important family of events of the last few hundred years. These events do not have a satisfactory name, even though we all know how fundamental they are. Instead of calling them the industrial revolution, modernization, the great transformation, the single transition, or the emergence of capitalism, the author here explores their definition as the energy revolution.
18. In Search of the Drama of History or A Second Look at Communism and Nationalism
Jul 07, 2011The series of articles that follows confront a fundamental question of socio-political development, the nature of social allegiances and the two main systems of classification that have been proposed to explain them: class and nation. All of the articles revolve around issues raised by Roman Szporluk in his book "Communism and Nationalism: Marx vs. List," published by the Oxford University Press in the spring of 1988.