Albert S. Lindemann

A History of Modern Europe (eBook, PDF)

From 1815 to the Present

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

A History of Modern Europe surveys European history from thedefeat of Napoleon to the twenty-first century, presenting majorhistorical themes in an authoritative and compellingnarrative. * Concise, readable single volume covering Europe from the earlynineteenth century through the early twenty-first century * Vigorous interpretation of events reflects a fresh, conciseperspective on European history * Clear and thought-provoking treatment of major historicalthemes * Lively narrative reflects complexity of modern Europeanhistory, but remains accessible to those unfamiliar with thefield

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118321584
• Artikelnr.: 38454875

Autorenporträt

Albert S. Lindemann is Professor Emeritus at theUniversity of California, Santa Barbara. Among his publications areAntisemitism, A History (2010), Esau's Tears: ModernAnti-Semitism and the Rise of the Jews (1997), The JewAccused: Three Anti-Semitic Affairs (1992), and A History ofEuropean Socialism (1983).

Inhaltsangabe

Part I Romanticism and Revolt: The Seedtime of Modern Ideologies, 1815-40
17 1 The Legacy of the French Revolution 19 2 The Congress of Vienna and
Post-Napoleonic Europe: 1815-30 29 3 The Engines of Change 43 4 The
Seedtime of Ideology: A Century of "Questions" 55 Part II From the 1820s to
the Great Depression of the 1870s and 1880s 71 5 Liberal Struggles,
Victories, Dilemmas, Defeats 75 6 Nationalism and National Unification 92 7
Mid-century Consolidation, Modernization: Austria, Russia, France 106 8
Optimism, Progress, Science: From the 1850s to 1871 117 Part III From
Depression to World War: The 1870s to 1914 131 9 The Depressed and
Chastened 1870s and 1880s 133 10 Germany and Russia in the Belle Epoque:
1890-1914 147 11 France and Britain in the Belle Epoque: 1890-1914 162 12
The Origins of World War I 176 Part IV The European Civil War: 1914 - 43
187 13 World War I: 1914 -18 189 14 Revolution in Russia: 1917-21 199 15
The Paris Peace Settlement 214 16 The Dilemmas of Liberal Democracy in the
1920s 225 17 Stalinist Russia and International Communism 237 18 The Rise
of Fascism and Nazism: 1919-39 251 19 The Origins of World War II and the
Holocaust: 1929-39 267 20 World War II and the Holocaust: 1939-43 283 Part
V Europe in Recovery and the Cold War: 1943-89 and Beyond 299 21 Victory,
Peace, Punishment: 1943-6 303 22 Europe's Nadir, the German Question, and
the Origins of the Cold War: 1945-50 322 23 The Mystique of Revolution:
Ideologies and Realities, 1945 to the 1960s 337 24 The End of Imperialism,
and European Recovery: 1948-68 352 25 Europe in a New Generation 371 26
Détente, Ostpolitik, Glasnost: A New Europe 381 27 Europe in Two Centuries:
An Epilogue and General Assessment 398 Index 413