UID:
almafu_9959328893602883
Format:
1 online resource (592 pages)
ISBN:
9780470996850
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0470996854
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9781405106641
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1405106646
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1280237236
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9781280237232
Series Statement:
Blackwell companions to European history
Content:
"A Companion to Europe 1900-1945" brings together a distinguished group of international scholars to discuss the major debates in the study of early twentieth-century Europe. The volume outlines the great political and social upheavals of the period and the great changes in culture and the economy. The topics include imperial rivalries, the devastation of the First World War, the challenges of recovery, the rise of fascism and communism, and the horrors of World War II and the Holocaust. It offers helpful introductions to these tumultuous developments, provides an overview of current scholarly thinking, and illuminates perennial themes as well as new areas of inquiry. The companion opens with a section on "continuity and change" addressing overarching themes and movements. The remaining five parts are organised chronologically, each one focusing on a particular period in time. In each of these chronological sections, scholars consider a range of social, economic, cultural, and political issues, paying particular attention to those questions which have attracted most debate.; The approach throughout is pan-European, highlighting similarities and differences across nations and regions.
Note:
Cover -- Table of Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Preface -- Maps -- Introduction: Europe in Agony, 1900 ... 1945 -- Part I Continuity and Change; Forces and Movements -- Chapter 1 Urbanization, Poverty, and Crime -- Chapter 2 The Revolution in Science -- Chapter 3 Feminism: Women, Work, and Politics -- Chapter 4 Modernism -- Chapter 5 The Cult of Youth -- Chapter 6 Sexuality and the Psyche -- Chapter 7 The Economy -- Part II Before the Deluge -- Chapter 8 Europe's World: Power, Empire, and Colonialism -- Chapter 9 Social Reform or Social Revolution? -- Chapter 10 Modernity: Approaching the Twentieth Century -- Chapter 11 Politics: The Past and the Future -- Chapter 12 The Coming of War, 1914 -- Part III World War I -- Chapter 13 August 1914: Public Opinion and the Crisis -- Chapter 14 The War in the Trenches -- Chapter 15 The War from Above: Aims, Strategy, and Diplomacy -- Chapter 16 The War and Revolution -- Part IV The Aftermath of War -- Chapter 17 Peacemaking after World War I -- Chapter 18 Demobilization and Discontent -- Chapter 19 The Socialist Experiment -- Chapter 20 The Fascist Challenge -- Chapter 21 Revisionism -- Part V The New Age -- Chapter 22 The Jazz Age -- Chapter 23 The Nazi New Society -- Chapter 24 The Popular Front -- Chapter 25 The Strategic Revolution -- Chapter 26 Hitler and the Origins of World War II -- Part VI World War II -- Chapter 27 Grand Strategy and Summit Diplomacy -- Chapter 28 The Real War -- Chapter 29 The Home Fronts: Europe at War, 1939 ... 1945 -- Chapter 30 The Holocaust -- Chapter 31 Memories of World War II and the Holocaust in Europe -- Bibliography.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Companion to Europe, 1900-1945. Oxford : Blackwell, 2005 ISBN 1405106646
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781405106641
Language:
English
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DOI:
10.1002/9780470996850
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470996850
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470996850
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470996850
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