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German imperialism.--Germany and Holland.--Germany's pair of Irelands.--The gospel according to William II.--A glance at political parties.--The outlook for responsible government.--Socialism, protection, and free trade.--National insurance.--Schools and education.--Religious instruction in German schools.--Mind and manners.--Protestantism in Germany.--Rome and Germany.--Some impressions of Berlin.--Notes on some movements.--The Danish question.--A glance at the present chancellor.--Bagdad and the Persian Gulf.--North and south. ; Mode of access: Internet.

Cold War Signals: Television Technology in the GDR -- Inventing Television Programming in the GDR -- The Revolution Wasn't Televised: Political Discipline Confronts Live Television in 1956 -- Mediating the Berlin Wall: Television in August -- Coercion and Consent in Television Broadcasting: The Consequences of August 1961 -- Reaching Consensus on Television.

The Making of "Eastern Europe" -- Melting-Pot: Eastern Europe in the First World War -- A New Europe? The Peace Settlement 1918-23 -- Problems of the Interwar Period -- Test-Tube of Ideologies: Communism -- Test-Tube of Ideologies: Conservative Authoritarianism -- Test-Tube of Ideologies: Fascism -- The East European Origins of the Second World War -- Hell's Kitchen: Eastern Europe in the Second World War -- War as Revolution: Political Consequences of the Second World War -- Great Leap Backwards: The Imposition of Communism 1944-48 -- National Communism vs. Stalinism -- The Perils of De-Stalinisation: Poland and Hungary in 1956 -- Last-Chance Saloon? The Prague Spring of -- Absurdistan, or 'Real Existing Socialism' 1968-1980s -- The Solidarity Phenomenon in Poland 1980-89 -- The Bear Vanishes: Gorbachev and the Roots of Revolution 1985-89 -- The Power of the Powerless: The Velvet Revolutions of 1989 -- The Wages of Nationalism: Soviet, Yugoslav and Czech-Slovak Break-Up -- Eastern Europe in the 21st Century: Post-Communist Modernisation -- Eastern Europe in the 21st Century: Nationalism and Geopolitics -- Conclusion: Retirement of a Concept?

The 3rd international conference "Balkan and Baltic States in United Europe: History, Religion, and Culture" was held in the Lithuanian Institute of History (Vilnius) on 9–11 October 2017. This conference was one of the events to take place in preparation for the centenary of the independence of the Republic of Lithuania. On 16 February 1918, Lithuania became an independent state, and one of the main actors in this event was Patriarch of the Lithuanian national rebirth, Jonas Basanavičius (1851–1927). He was a historian, folklorist, ethnologist, medical doctor, and politician, who worked in Bulgaria for almost a quarter of a century. So, he is a historical and cultural symbol of the unity of the Baltic and Balkan states. This was one of the reasons for holding this conference in Lithuania.

The 3rd international conference "Balkan and Baltic States in United Europe: History, Religion, and Culture" was held in the Lithuanian Institute of History (Vilnius) on 9–11 October 2017. This conference was one of the events to take place in preparation for the centenary of the independence of the Republic of Lithuania. On 16 February 1918, Lithuania became an independent state, and one of the main actors in this event was Patriarch of the Lithuanian national rebirth, Jonas Basanavičius (1851–1927). He was a historian, folklorist, ethnologist, medical doctor, and politician, who worked in Bulgaria for almost a quarter of a century. So, he is a historical and cultural symbol of the unity of the Baltic and Balkan states. This was one of the reasons for holding this conference in Lithuania.

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