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Table of contents :
Contents
Three Years on: an Introduction to the Second Romanian Edition
Introduction to the First Edition
CHAPTER ONE History, Ideology, Mythology
CHAPTER TWO Origins
CHAPTER THREE Continuity
CHAPTER FOUR Unity
CHAPTER FIVE The Romanians and the Others
CHAPTER SIX The Ideal Prince
CHAPTER SEVEN After 1989
Conclusion
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Glossary
Index

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History and Myth in Romanian Consciousness

HISTORY AND MYTH IN ROMANIAN CONSCIOUSNESS

Lucian Boia

Central European University Press Budapest

First published in Romanian as lstorie {i mit tn confliifl/a rom(ifJeasc~ by HUMANITAS, Bucharest, 1997 English edition published in 2001 by Central European University Press Nador utca 15 H-1051 Budapest Hungary 400 West 59tll Street .New York, NY 10019U lJSA An imprint of the Central European Umversity Share Company

Translated by James Christian Brown

© 1997 HUMANITAS English translation copyright © by James Christian Brown 2001 Distributed in the United Kingdom and Western Europe by Plymbridge Distributors Ltd., Estover Road, Ptymouth, PL6 7PZ United Kingdom All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the permission of the Publisher. ISBN 978-963-9116-97-9 Paperback

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