Ian Jeffries (1) (1942–)
Auteur de A History of Eastern Europe: Crisis and Change
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Œuvres de Ian Jeffries
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1942-05-09
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Professions
- economist
- Organisations
- Swansea University
Membres
Critiques
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 6
- Membres
- 61
- Popularité
- #274,234
- Évaluation
- 3.3
- Critiques
- 1
- ISBN
- 66
But there are some good sections.
The description of the Ottoman system was excellent and very in-depth, portraying a sophisticated culture that maintained the ruling powers for centuries, adapting the earlier Byzantine structure and surprisingly allowing a degree of freedom for the component peoples, provided they paid due respect to the Ottoman’s and Islam primary position. The religious-based millet system was quite different to the basis of social life elsewhere in Europe and was a major factor in preventing a home-grown nation-state concept of developing. After the defeat at Vienna the crusading zeal was replaced with economic exploitation, and combined with the growing Enlightenment in the rest of Europe, spurred resentment to the Ottomans which laid the groundwork for new political alignments.
The Austro-Hungarian Empire was re-analyzed in terms of its multi-ethic fabric in a way I had not encountered before. It showed the Hapsburgs as consummate political masters to construct a singular state system from so many disparate elements that were evolving in so many different directions.
Finally the inter-war period was given an excellent treatment showing how the western-centric Versailles Treaty ensured that Central Europe would become Germany’s economic sphere of interest that would allow it to return to its former economic and political strength in a very short time. It also highlighted how the early nationalist movements in Central Europe, deprived of supportive relations with the major Western European nations, would in general become more totalitarian than democratic.… (plus d'informations)