Behind the Iron Curtain : economic historians during the Cold War, 1945-1989 / Antonie Doležalová, Catherine Albrecht, editors.
Doležalová, Antonie, editor.; Albrecht, Catherine, editor.
2023
HB87
Available Online

Linked e-resources

Linked Resource Online Access
Concurrent users Unlimited
Authorized users Authorized users
Document Delivery Supplied Can lend chapters, not whole ebooks

Details

Title Behind the Iron Curtain : economic historians during the Cold War, 1945-1989 / Antonie Doležalová, Catherine Albrecht, editors.
ISBN 9783031315787 (electronic bk.)
3031315782 (electronic bk.)
3031315774
9783031315770
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31578-7
Published Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2023]
Copyright ©2023
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xiv, 257 pages).
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-031-31578-7 doi
Call Number HB87
Dewey Decimal Classification 330.071047
Summary This edited volume offers a systematic exploration of the relations between Western and Eastern scientists during the Cold War from the Eastern European perspective using the example of economic history. Introducing famous as well as almost forgotten scholars who attempted to eliminate the Iron Curtain and strove to break through the obstacles against the transfer of scientific ideas, the book challenges the narrative of the non-cooperative nature of scientific work during the Cold War due to socialist scientists incapability and disinclination to engage openly in international discussions. The book contributes to a deeper collective understanding of the multiple contemporary ideological and political circumstances that influenced scientific work and individual scientists' careers and explores the options scientists in socialist countries had - and utilized - to develop their research in collaboration with their Western colleagues. Antonie Doležalová is Associate Professor in Economic History at the Faculty of Social Sciences at Charles University in Prague and Senior Member at Robinson College in Cambridge. Dolealov focuses on economic history, its historiography, and the history of economic thought in Central Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries. Catherine Albrecht is Professor of History Emerita at Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio. She is an expert in the history of economic thought in East Central Europe, having published numerous articles on the intersection of economic development and nationalist competition in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Note Includes index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 12, 2023).
Added Author Doležalová, Antonie, editor.
Albrecht, Catherine, editor.
Series Palgrave studies in economic history.
Available in Other Form Print version: 9783031315770
Linked Resources Online Access
Record Appears in Online Resources > Ebooks
All Resources
Intro
Acknowledgments
Contents
Editors and Contributors
About the Editors
Contributors
1 Introduction: Economic History Revisited
The Aim of the Book: To Revise the Iron Curtain
Recognizing the Discipline: The Early Years of the Discipline of Economic History in Future Socialist Countries from Its Origins to World War II
A Nonuniform Voice: The Development of Economic History in Socialist Countries During the Cold War Era
Heading West: Factors and Modes of the International Cooperation of Socialist Economic Historians During the Cold War Era

The Plan of the Book
References
2 The USSR: The Ambiguous Case of National Historiography
Soviet Institutional Framework and Ukrainian Studies
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Diaspora Meets Home Historiography
Marxism Meets Revisionism
Nationalism Meets Marxism
Conclusion
References
3 East Germany: Negotiating Conformity and Innovation
Economic History Evolution: Historical, Political, and Ideological Background
The Peculiarities of East German Economic History: A Window Through the Iron Curtain
The Case of the Nussbaums
The Case of Jürgen Kuczynski

Conclusion
References
4 Czechoslovakia: Opening Doors to the West
Watchmen and Protectors: Marxist-Leninist Purity and International Cooperation
Varieties of East-West Cooperation in Three Case Studies
Alice Teichova (1920-2015): As If There Were No Borders
Miroslav Hroch (1932): Not to Waste Any Opportunity!
The Industrial Revolution Debate of Socialist Style
Conclusion
References
5 Hungary: Surfing Among Ice Floes
The Asymmetric Flow of Persons and Ideas
On Open (Battle)fields
Conclusion
References

6 Poland: Economic History Debate Across the Iron Curtain
Mostly with Marx But Not Entirely with the Party
Open Window: 1956-1980
The Annales' Polish Connection
Grain Trade, Serfdom, and Capitalism Debate Across the Iron Curtain
Historians in Hostile Isolation: Halecki and Małowist (On the Two Sides of the Iron Curtain)
Conclusion
References
7 Yugoslavia: Economic Historiography Between National and International Context
Scientific Policy and Institutions
Methodological Concepts and International Cooperation
The Definition of the Field
International Cooperation

Cooperation with Non-Aligned Movement Countries
Conclusion
References
8 Romania: Approaches and Limits of Economic History
Phases in the Evolution of Romanian Historiography
Diverse Paths Toward Economic History
Andrei Oțetea and the Limits of Romanian Economic History During Communism
Gheorghe Zane, an Economist Turned Economic Historian
Romanians at the International Economic History Congresses
Conclusion
References
9 Epilogue
References
Index

Browse Subjects

Show more subjects...

Statistics

from
to
Export