Readings

Readings for SOC 5503

Chapters from Anne Applebaum’s Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe

Applebaum Chapters 5 and 6

Chapters from Archie Brown’s Rise and Fall of Communism:

Archie Brown The Rise and Fall of Communism CHAPTER 1

Archie Brown The Rise and Fall of Communism CHAPTER 6

Archie Brown The Rise and Fall of Communism CHAPTER 7

Archie Brown The Rise and Fall of Communism CHAPTER 28 and CHAPTER 29

Women, Politics, and Protest in Central and Eastern Europe

This website provides basic knowledge of the history and current issues of gender and politics in Eastern Europe. The project tells the story of gender and political change from the rise of Communism, the revolutions of 1989, and on to the present day.

Also:

Brief Guide to Social and Political Change in Eastern EuropeDownload

Kennan Long Telegram 1946 about USSR

The Post-Communist Reader

And for the Treasure Hunt:

MDM District reading

Behind the Iron Gate reading

About Auschwitz:

“The Town of Auschwitz” by Joshua K. Dubrow