"This volume examines failed attempts at modernizing the communist economy by means of optimal planning. It traces the rise and fall of the concept in Eastern Europe and China, explaining why the mission of optimization ...
"The "bulwark" or antemurale myth--whereby a region is imagined as a defensive barrier against a dangerous Other--has been a persistent strand in the development of Eastern European nationalisms. While historical studies ...
"This book is devoted to the history of the first printed Cyrillic books and their role in the development of the Bulgarian literary language. Ivan N. Petrov presents this history in a broad context of linguistic, ...