The Cultural Gradient: The Transmission of Ideas in Europe, 1789D1991

by Catherine Evtuhov and Stephen Kotkin

Book Overview

Is there a sharp dividing line that separates Europe into 'East' and 'West'? This volume brings together prominent scholars from the United States, Canada, France, Poland, and Russia to examine the evolution of the concept of Europe in the two centuries between the French Revolution and the collapse of the Soviet Union. Inspired by the ideas of Martin Malia, the contributors take a flexible view of the 'cultural gradient'_the emergence, interaction,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742520633
• ISBN13: 9780742520639
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"