
The End of the European Era
1890 to the Present
WW Norton & Co (Publisher)
6th Edition
Published on 10. December 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
688 pages
978-0-393-93040-5 (ISBN)
Description
Its coverage of southern and eastern Europe is expanded, as is its coverage of social history-especially women's history. It charts the theme of globalization starting with the 1890s and moving through to post-9/11. This new edition also examines how twenty-first-century Europe has addressed issues such as immigration and migration, economic globalization, environmental degradation, and terrorism.
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Series
Edition
Sixth Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 211 mm
Width: 141 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
677 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-393-93040-5 (9780393930405)
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Persons
Felix Gilbert, late of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, was the first recipient of the American Historical Association's Award for Scholarly Distinction in 1985. David Clay Large is a professor at the Fromm Institute, University of San Francisco, and a Senior Fellow at the Institute of European Studies, U.C. Berkeley. A specialist on the history of Modern Europe, especially Germany and Austria, Large is the author of ten books including Berlin, Where Ghosts Walked: Munich's Road to the Third Reich, and Nazi Games.
Author
Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton
Montana State University
Content
Preface xv
chapter 1 The Beginning of a New Century
chapter 2 Politics and Society, 1890-1914
chapter 3 The First World War
chapter 4 Peacemaking
chapter 5 The Era of Stabilization
chapter 6 The Economic Crisis and the Rise of Nazism
chapter 7 Toward the Inevitable Conflict
chapter 8 The Second World War
chapter 9 Postwar Uncertainties
chapter 10 Reconstruction and Revolt: The 1950s
chapter 11 Europe's Abundant Decade: The 1960s
chapter 12 The Years of Disillusionment: 1967-1973
chapter 13 The Decade of Detente: 1969-1979
chapter 14 Western Europe in the Troubled 1980s
chapter 15 A New Order in Eastern Europe
chapter 16 Continental Drift
chapter 17 Europe and the Challenges of
Globalization
Suggestions for Further Reading
Credits
chapter 1 The Beginning of a New Century
chapter 2 Politics and Society, 1890-1914
chapter 3 The First World War
chapter 4 Peacemaking
chapter 5 The Era of Stabilization
chapter 6 The Economic Crisis and the Rise of Nazism
chapter 7 Toward the Inevitable Conflict
chapter 8 The Second World War
chapter 9 Postwar Uncertainties
chapter 10 Reconstruction and Revolt: The 1950s
chapter 11 Europe's Abundant Decade: The 1960s
chapter 12 The Years of Disillusionment: 1967-1973
chapter 13 The Decade of Detente: 1969-1979
chapter 14 Western Europe in the Troubled 1980s
chapter 15 A New Order in Eastern Europe
chapter 16 Continental Drift
chapter 17 Europe and the Challenges of
Globalization
Suggestions for Further Reading
Credits