text for survey of Central Europe?

[Todd Armstrong]

Dear Professor Napaktitis and colleagues,

I used Lonnie Johnson's CENTRAL EUROPE: ENEMIES, NEIGHBORS, FRIENDS
(Oxford University Press, 1996) as a basic textbook for a Central
European survey course that I taught while directing an exchange
program in the Czech Republic. I found that it presented an excellent
overview, and provided a good foundation for contextualizing and
understanding the major issues (historical, cultural, social) in the
region. You also might consider taking a look at the program website
for more information on this year's survey course
(http://www.acm.edu/czech/).

Todd Armstrong
Grinnell College
http://www.grinnell.edu/russian


>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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