A Concise History of Modern Europe by David S Mason

A Concise History of Modern Europe by David S Mason

Highlighting the key events, ideas, and individuals that have shaped modern Europe, this fresh and lively book provides a succinct history of the continent from the Enlightenment to the present. Drawing on the enduring theme of revolution, David S. Mason explores the causes and consequences of revolution: political, economic, and scientific; the development of human rights; and issues of European identity and integration. He deliberately avoids a detailed chronology of every country and time period by emphasizing the most crucial events in shaping contemporary Europe. Fourteen focused chapters address such topical issues as the Enlightenment; the French Revolution and Napoleon; the Industrial Revolution; the theories and impact of Marx and Darwin; the revolutions of 1848, 1917, and 1989; the unifications of Germany and Italy; European imperialism; the two World Wars; the Cold War and decolonization; and the evolution and expansion of the European Union. Any reader needing a broad overview of the sweep of European history since 1789 will find this book, published in a first edition under the title Revolutionary Europe, an engaging and cohesive narrative.

PRAISE FOR THE FIRST EDITION Lucid and well written, this text offers a straightforward and accessible introduction to late-modern European history-- K. Steven Vincent PRAISE FOR THE FIRST EDITION Mason's text is an excellent choice for faculty searching for a coherent, brief account of modern European history to provide the framework for more extensive use of primary documents by their students. -- John Burney

David S. Mason is professor of political science at Butler University. James R. Kluegel is professor of sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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ISBN 13	9781442205345
ISBN 10	1442205342
Titel	A Concise History of Modern Europe
Autor	David S Mason
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Rowman And Littlefield Publishers
Erscheinungsjahr	2011-01-16
Seitenanzahl	248
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.