Judt T. Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945

Cambridge University Press, 2003 - 376 p. ISBN10: 0521009227 ISBN13: 9780521009225 (eng) This collection of essays does not perceive the impressive economic and political stability of the postwar era as a quasi-natural return to previous patterns of societal development. It approaches this stability as an attempt to establish "normality" upon the lingering memories of experiencing violence on an unprecedented scale. While the history of post-war...

Cambridge University Press, 2010. - 344 p. Unlike most existing textbooks on the economic history of modern Europe, which offer a country-by-country approach, The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Europe rethinks Europe's economic history since 1700 as unified and pan-European, with the material organised by topic rather than by country. This first volume is centred on the transition to modern economic growth, which first occurred in Britain...

Cambridge University Press, 2010. - 486 p. Unlike most existing textbooks on the economic history of modern Europe, which offer a country-by-country approach, The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Europe rethinks Europe's economic history since 1700 as unified and pan-European, with the material organised by topic rather than by country. This second volume tracks Europe's economic history through three major phases since 1870. The first phase...

Rodopi, 2011 - 342 p. ISBN10: 9042033150 ISBN13: 9789042033153 The years from 1918 to 1945 remain central to European History. It was a breath-taking time during which the very best and very worst attributes of Mankind were on display. In the euphoria of peace which followed the end of the First World War, the Baltic States emerged as independent forces on the world stage, participating in thrilling experiments in national and transnational gove...

Blackwell, 2006. - 587 p. ISBN: 978-1-4051-0664-1 Editorial Reviews Review "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 und...

Cambridge University Press, 1989. - 1230 p. The eighth and final volume of The Cambridge Economic History of Europe is the third of a group of three that cover the economic history of the western world during and since the Industrial Revolution. The main theme of this volume is the role played in the growth of industrial economies by the development of economic and social policies. The volume also discusses these factors in detail for the princi...

Cambridge University Press, 1987. - 1024 p. The second volume of The Cambridge Economic History of Europe, first published in 1952, was a survey by an international group of specialist scholars covering trade and industry in pre-Roman, Roman and Byzantine Europe, the medieval trade of northern and southern Europe, and the histories of medieval woollen manufacture, mining and metallurgy, and building in stone. This second edition, in addition to...

Cambridge University Press, 1968. - 874 pр. Table of Contents Frontmatter Introductory survey: On the limits of modern history by C.L. Mowat The transformation of social life by David Thomson The world economy: Interdependence and planning by Asa Briggs Science and technology by Douglas McKie Diplomatic history 1900–1912 by J. P. T. Bury The approach of the war of 1914 by J. M. K. Vyvyan The first world war by Brian Bond The peace sett...

USA: Oxford University Press, 2009 - 308 p. ISBN10: 0195367812 ISBN13: 9780195367812 (eng) After World War I, diplomats and leaders at the Paris Peace Talks redrew the map of Europe, carving up ancient empires and transforming Europe's eastern half into new nation-states. Drawing heavily on the past, the leaders of these young countries crafted national mythologies and deployed them at home and abroad. Domestically, myths were a tool for legitim...

Cambridge University Press, 1957. - 568 pр. Table of Contents Frontmatter Preface to the Paperback Edition by Denys Hay General Introduction: History and the Modern Historian by Sir George Clark Introduction by Denys Hay The face of Europe on the eve of the great discoveries by H. C. Darby Fifteenth-century civilisation and the Renaissance by Hans Baron The Papacy and the Catholic Church by R. Aubenas Learning and education in Western E...