After the Rain : how the West lost the East (Registro nro. 46730)
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| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | UtSlPG |
| 041 #7 - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | en |
| Source of code | iso639-1 |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | DJK |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Vaknin, Samuel, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1961- |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | After the Rain : how the West lost the East |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Salt Lake City, UT : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Project Gutenberg, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2003 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource : |
| Other physical details | multiple file formats |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
| Media type term | computer |
| Media type code | c |
| Source | rdamedia |
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| Carrier type term | online resource |
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| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Release date is 2003-11-01 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "After the Rain: How the West Lost the East" by Samuel Vaknin is a collection of provocative articles written in the late 20th century. The work examines how Western powers mishandled their foreign relations with Eastern Europe, particularly in the Balkans, resulting in a geopolitical and cultural rift. Vaknin critiques the interactions between Western ideologies and the complex realities of the East, detailing the economic failures, political corruption, and sociocultural dynamics that have characterized these transitional societies. At the start of the book, readers are introduced to the author's perspective, as he reflects on the reception of his prior writings. He notes the backlash from various groups, especially in the Balkans, who accuse him of racism while failing to recognize the socio-economic complexities at play. The early sections establish a dialogue about the state of these societies, discussing historical traumas and the pervasive corruption stemming from communist regimes. Vaknin's tone is critical and unflinching as he outlines the psychological and institutional decay resulting from both past regimes and contemporary Western influence, setting the stage for an in-depth exploration of the precarious balance between hope and despair in post-communist Eastern Europe. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| 534 ## - ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE | |
| Note about original | Original publication data not identified |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 1989- |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Europe, Eastern -- Economic conditions -- 1989- |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Rangelovska, Lidija |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4685">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4685</a> |
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