A Companion to Europe 1900-1945 [NOOK Book]

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This volume brings together a distinguished group of international scholars to discuss the major debates in the study of early twentieth-century Europe.
  • Brings together contributions from a distinguished group of international scholars.
  • Provides an overview of current thinking on the period.
  • Traces the great political, social and economic ...
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A Companion to Europe 1900-1945

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Overview

This volume brings together a distinguished group of international scholars to discuss the major debates in the study of early twentieth-century Europe.
  • Brings together contributions from a distinguished group of international scholars.
  • Provides an overview of current thinking on the period.
  • Traces the great political, social and economic upheavals of the time.
  • Illuminates perennial themes, as well as new areas of enquiry.
  • Takes a pan-European approach, highlighting similarities and differences across nations and regions.
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"It is refreshing to find a book covering this period tackling such a breadth of issues. An essential acquisition for any academic library supporting teaching and research in modern European history and politics." Reference Reviews

"This well-constructed volume ... covers a range of familiar topics alongside newer areas of inquiry within the period. This is a work that undergraduates will find consistently useful as a starting point of inquiry into the forces and events which marked the first part of Euriope's history up to 1945." History

“This handsome … volume provides a solid summary … .This is an impressive effort. Martel … [is] clearly … very good at what he does.” University of Toronto Quarterly

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781444391671
  • Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
  • Publication date: 3/21/2011
  • Series: Blackwell Companions to European History Series
  • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
  • Format: eBook
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 584
  • Product dimensions: 5.91 (w) x 9.84 (h) x 0.59 (d)
  • File size: 3 MB

Meet the Author

Gordon Martel is Professor of History at the University of Northern British Columbia. Among his other edited works are The Origins of the Second World War Reconsidered (1999) and The World War Two Reader (2004).
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Table of Contents

Introduction : Europe in agony, 1900-1945
1 Urbanization, poverty, and crime 3
2 The revolution in science 19
3 Feminism : women, work, and politics 35
4 Modernism 50
5 The cult of youth 66
6 Sexuality and the psyche 82
7 The economy 98
8 Europe's world : power, empire, and colonialism 119
9 Social reform or social revolution? 135
10 Modernity : approaching the twentieth century 150
11 Politics : the past and the future 165
12 The coming of war, 1914 180
13 August 1914 : public opinion and the crisis 197
14 The war in the trenches 213
15 The war from above : aims, strategy, and diplomacy 228
16 The war and revolution 243
17 Peacemaking after World War I 261
18 Demobilization and discontent 277
19 The socialist experiment 292
20 The fascist challenge 309
21 Revisionism 326
22 The jazz age 343
23 The Nazi new society 359
24 The popular front
25 The strategic revolution 391
26 Hitler and the origins of World War II 407
27 Grand strategy and summit diplomacy 425
28 The real war 441
29 The home fronts : Europe at war, 1939-1945 456
30 The Holocaust 472
31 Memories of World War II and the Holocaust in Europe 487
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