Modern Europe 1789-Present is an innovative history. As the narrative of big events that have shaped the Europe of today is clearly unfolded, Modern Europe also reaches deep beneath the political surface to examine how European society and culture have influenced, or been influenced by, these developments. It traces the emergence, from the French Revolution onwards, of a distinctive sense of Europe and Europeanness. At the same time it explores the growth and impact of the new phenomenon of the nation state - one of the nineteenth-century Europe's most powerful legacies to our own time.
Now covering the whole of Europe from the French Revolution to the present day, this major new edition has been completely revised and brought up-to-date. The approach embraces the whole continent from both national and regional perspectives, and combines political survey with grass roots 'people' history. Bringing this history vividly to life, the authors use a very broad range of sources including memoirs, archives, letters, songs and newspapers. In particular, there is new treatment of the following themes:
- Religion and the modern Papacy
- Immigration in Europe and relationships between minority and majority groups
- UNESCO
- The European Bill of Rights
- The seeds of conflict in Bosnia and Croatia
- Europe's relations with the wider world, with particular attention to the Middle East and Japan.
Now covering the whole of Europe from the French Revolution to the present day, this major new edition has been completely revised and brought up-to-date. The approach embraces the whole continent from both national and regional perspectives, and combines political survey with grass roots 'people' history. Bringing this history vividly to life, the authors use a very broad range of sources including memoirs, archives, letters, songs and newspapers. In particular, there is new treatment of the following themes:
- Religion and the modern Papacy
- Immigration in Europe and relationships between minority and majority groups
- UNESCO
- The European Bill of Rights
- The seeds of conflict in Bosnia and Croatia
- Europe's relations with the wider world, with particular attention to the Middle East and Japan.
Recenzijos
'...there is little in this ambitious book that does not deserve praise.'
The Times Higher, November 2004
1. Revolution and Empire: Experience and Impact, 1789-1815
2. Order and Movement, 1815-1848
3. Nation Building, 1848-1878
4. Rivalry and Interdependence, 1871-1914
5. Modernity
6. A European civil War, 1914-1918
7. A New Order? 1919-1929
8. Guns and Butter, 1929-1939
9. From European to World War, 1933-1945
10. Freezing and Thawing Postwar Europe, 1945-1969
11. Reconstructing Europe, 1945-1968
12. Towards a United Europe, 1968-2002
13. Post-Modern? Bibliographical Essay Index
Asa Briggs (Lord Briggs of Lewes) was Vice Chancellor of the University of Sussex (1967-1976), Provost of Worcester College, Oxford (1976-1991) and Chancellor of the Open University (1978-1995).
Patricia Clavin is Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Keele.
