| Description | | - By interpreting the broad patterns of development in both Eastern and Western Europe, the book offers an unparalleled overview of Europe since 1945
- Expert scholars have each contributed an up-to-date interpretation in their field of speciality to produce authoritative and wide-ranging accounts of their subject
- Thematic structure provides a clear and accessible approach to the study of Europe since 1945
- The volume is further enhanced by a substantial Introduction and Conclusion, a detailed Guide To Further Reading, Chronology, and Maps
| Bringing home the extraordinary waves of transformation that washed across Europe in the second half of the twentieth century, this book interprets the trends, developments, and issues which were of major importance in East and West Europe in the latter half of the twentieth century.
Mary Fulbrook's Introduction to this volume begins with a vivid contrast setting the struggle for survival in
a devastated rubble-strewn street of East Berlin in 1945 against the same location in the reunited city at the end of the century, unrecognisable in its gleaming, confident, cosmopolitan affluence. The book then provides a clear overview of the broad patterns of change: from nationalism to integration; from imperialism to decolonization; from division between capitalism and communism to striking
convergence of systems; from regional differences to an increasingly homogeneous, urbanised cosmopolitan society. Each chapter is enlivened by a wealth of illustrative detail as local themes and variations in different parts of Europe are explored. Chapters trace the character, causes, and consequences of general trends and specific developments in politics, society, the economy, and culture,
before turning to relations within Europe and with the non-European world. The result is an illuminating and engrossing account of European history since 1945. |
Readership: Students and the general reader with an interest in twentieth century European history and politics.
| Contents |
Notes on Contributors
1.
Mary Fulbrook
Introduction: Europe since 1945
2.
Donald Sassoon
Politics
3.
Hartmut Kaelble
Social History
4.
Barry Eichengreen
Economy
5.
Klaus Larres
Culture
6.
David Armstrong and Erik Goldstein
International and Security Relations within Europe
7.
Mary Fulbrook
Interaction with the non-European World
Mary Fulbrook
Conclusion
Guide to Further Reading
Chronology
List of Abbreviations
Maps
Index
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Edited by Mary Fulbrook, Professor of German History, University College London
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