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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806924003321

Autore

Roberts J. M (John Morris), <1928-2003., >

Titolo

Europe, 1880-1945 / / J.M. Roberts

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-582-35746-2

1-317-87961-9

1-315-83935-0

1-138-83682-6

1-317-87962-7

Edizione

[Third edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxi, 516p. ) : maps

Collana

A general history of Europe

Disciplina

940.2/8

940.28

Soggetti

Europe History 1871-1918

Europe History 1918-1945

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Third edition 2001 by Pearson Education Limited.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. What this Book is About 2. Europe in 1880 3. The Ancien Regime 4. International Competition 1880-1901 5. Before 1914: Constitutional States 6. Autocracy and Conservatism 7. Anti-traditional Forces 8. International Relations 1901-1914 9. The Great War 10. Postwar Europe 11. Economy and Society 1918-1939 12. Democratic Europe 13. Totalitarianism and Dictatorship 14. Social and Cultural Change 16. The Approach to the Second World War 17. Europe and the Second World War 18. Beyond this Book: Reading Further. Appendix. Some problems. Aids to study.

Sommario/riassunto

This new edition explores the contrasts and contradictions of European history covering the 65 years, when Europe's political and economic domination of the globe came to a climax - and then crumbled.