ERIC Number: ED381404
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1991
Pages: 106
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: N/A
ISBN: ISBN-0-87124-141-2
ISSN: ISSN-0017-8780
U.S.S.R. and Eastern Europe: The Shattered Heartland.
Kimball, John C.
Headline Series, n295 Win/Spr 1991
This theme issue presents an overview of the breakup of the USSR and the challenges faced by the emerging states under former Soviet influence. The volume contains: (1) "Preface"; (2) "Soviet Union: Prelude to the Coup"; (3) "Summing Up the Past"; (4) "Eastern Europe Who's Who"; (5) "The Economics of Chaos"; (6) "Role of the United States"; and (7) "Back to the Future." In the chapter "Eastern Europe Who's Who," the countries of Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, Albania, Yugoslavia, and six Soviet Republics are profiled. Maps, a glossary of key terms, and classroom discussion questions accompany the text. (EH)
Descriptors: Communism, Current Events, Economic Change, Economics, Ethnic Distribution, Ethnic Groups, European History, Foreign Countries, High Schools, International Relations, Nationalism, Political Issues, Political Science, Secondary School Curriculum, Social Change, Social Studies, World Affairs
Foreign Policy Association, Inc., 729 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10019 ($7.50 plus $2 shipping and handling; quantity discounts).
Publication Type: Collected Works - Serials
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Students; Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Foreign Policy Association, New York, NY.
Identifiers - Location: Europe; USSR