text for survey of Central Europe?

[Margarita Nafpaktitis]

Dear colleagues,

I'm looking for a book that could serve as the primary textbook for an
undergraduate interdisciplinary survey course on Central Europe.  The
format of the course is such that professors from all over the university
(in disciplines ranging from history to political science to literature
to sociology to economics to business...and I think I'm forgetting a few)
are invited to come and give a lecture on their particular area of
expertise.  They provide one or two articles for students to read that
have direct bearing on their lectures.  But there should also be a
textbook with good overviews of the political, cultural, and social
histories of the region to help students contextualize the more
specialized readings and lectures they will encounter.

If you have used or read a text that would be useful for this purpose, I'd
be grateful for your suggestions.

Thank you in advance!

Margarita Nafpaktitis
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
mnafpakt at umich.edu

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