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Dangerous Language - Esperanto and the Decline of Stalinism
Ulrich Lins
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Description for Dangerous Language - Esperanto and the Decline of Stalinism
Hardback. Translator(s): Tonkin, Humphrey. Num Pages: 198 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DV; 2ZXP; 3JH; 3JJ; CBX; CFB; HBJD; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 416.
This is Volume 2 of Dangerous Language. This book examines the rise of the international language Esperanto, launched in 1887 as a proposed a solution to national conflicts and a path to a more tolerant world. The chapters in this volume examine the position of Esperanto in Eastern Europe during the Cold War; in particular it explores Stalin’s final years and the gradual re-emergence of the Esperanto movement. At first, its revival was limited to the satellite countries, especially Bulgaria and Poland, but, with Stalinism’s gradual retreat, Esperanto organizations reappeared in most East European countries and eventually in the Soviet ... Read more
This is Volume 2 of Dangerous Language. This book examines the rise of the international language Esperanto, launched in 1887 as a proposed a solution to national conflicts and a path to a more tolerant world. The chapters in this volume examine the position of Esperanto in Eastern Europe during the Cold War; in particular it explores Stalin’s final years and the gradual re-emergence of the Esperanto movement. At first, its revival was limited to the satellite countries, especially Bulgaria and Poland, but, with Stalinism’s gradual retreat, Esperanto organizations reappeared in most East European countries and eventually in the Soviet ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
Number of Pages
198
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781352000191
SKU
V9781352000191
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About Ulrich Lins
Ulrich Lins received his doctorate at the University of Cologne, Germany, with a dissertation on Japanese nationalism (published in 1976). For thirty years he worked for DAAD, the German Academic Exchange Service in its headquarters in Bonn, and served two tours of duty as head of its office in Tokyo. He has edited numbers of books in German and Japanese ... Read more
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