"Steps to an Anthropology of Post-Communism"

Power, economy and identity in East / Central Europe

Finn Sivert Nielsen

Fall 2001 - Two modules. Regional / Thematic course. Course language: English


Background information on East / Central Europe

Soviet Union: Environment, Population and Economy (mid-1980's)

Permafrost regions in the Soviet Union (1984) - http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/commonwealth/soviet_permafrost_84.jpg 
Soviet Union Land Use (1982) - http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/commonwealth/soviet_land_82.jpg 
Soviet Union Population (1982) - http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/commonwealth/soviet_pop_82.jpg 
Soviet Union, Machine-building and Metal Working (1982) - http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/commonwealth/soviet_machine_82.jpg 

East Europe: Environment, Population and Economy

Eastern Europe, Relief map (1984) - http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/europe/eeurope_rel84.jpg 

Ethnic groups in the Former Soviet Union and East Europe

Ethnic groups in Eastern Europe (1995) - http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/europe/eeurope_ethnic_95.jpg 
Soviet Union Nationalities (1982) - http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/commonwealth/ussr_nat_82.jpg 
Comparative Soviet Nationalities by Republic (1979) - http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/commonwealth/ussr_natrep_89.jpg 
Russia's Ethnic Republics (1994) - http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/commonwealth/russia_ethnic94.jpg 
Ethnic Groups in the Southern Soviet Union and Neighboring Middle Eastern Countries (1986) - http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/commonwealth/soviet_land_82.jpg 
Dagestan: Ethno-linguistic groups - http://www.caspian.net/peoples.gif 

Historical timelines

Albania - http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/atlas_east_europe/albania-timeline.jpg 
Bulgaria - http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/atlas_east_europe/bulgaria-timeline.jpg 
Czechia/Slovakia - http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/atlas_east_europe/czech-timeline.jpg 
Hungary - http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/atlas_east_europe/hungray-timeline.jpg 
Poland - http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/atlas_east_europe/poland-timeline.jpg 
Romania - http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/atlas_east_europe/romania-timeline.jpg 
Yugoslavia - http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/atlas_east_europe/yugoslavia-timeline.jpg

Historical maps

Ottoman Empire (1683-1922) - http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/ottoman1683_shepherd.jpg 
Central Europe (1871) - http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/central_europe_1871.jpg 
Ethno-Linguistic map of Europe before WW1 - http://www.multimedia.calpoly.edu/libarts/mriedlsp/History315/map2.html 
Ethno-Linguistic map of Europe after WW1 - http://www.multimedia.calpoly.edu/libarts/mriedlsp/History315/map3.html 
Europe after WW2, displaced persons and border changes - http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/post-ww2.htm 
The Collapse of the Soviet Union - http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/ussrfall.htm
Central Europe - Political (2001) - http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/europe/central_europe_pol01.jpg