Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Narratives Unbound: A Brief Introduction to Post-Communist Historical Studies ix
4. Fine-Tuning the Polyphonic Past: Hungarian Historical Writing in the 1990s 1
5. From the Splendid Past into the Unknown Future: Historical Studies in Poland after 1989 101
6. A Difficult Quest for New Paradigms: Czech Historiography after 1989 173
7. Wedged Between National and Trans-National History: Slovak Historiography in the 1990s 249
8. Mastering vs. Coming to Terms with the Past: A Critical Analysis of Post- Communist Romanian Historiography 311
9. Historical Studies in Post-Communist Bulgaria: Between Academic Standards and Political Agendas 409
10. List of Contributors 487