University of Washington Press

Professor Bostetter died in the spring of 1973, before he had completed preparadons for the new printing of this book. Though certain minor phrasing changes marked in his copy have been incorporated, the text remains substandally the same as it was when it first appeared in 1963. It is unlikely,...

FOREWORD The systematic study of the history of East Central Europe outside the region itself began only in the last generation or two. For the most part historians in the region have preferred to write about the past of only their own countries. Hitherto no comprehensive history of the area as...

Since coming to power in 1949, Communist China's leaders have had to deal with the continuous problem of translating their revolutionary goals into concrete programs and policies. The everyday details of running the world's largest society require the development of complex institutions to perform...