Europe Since 1945
Europe Since 1945
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Bringing home the waves of transformation that washed across Europe in the second half of the 20th-century, this book interprets the trends, developments, and issues which were important in both East and West Europe since 1945. It provides an overview of the broad patterns of change. Chapters focus on politics, society, the economy, and culture.
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Europe Since 1945 by Mary Fulbrook
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.
Mary Fulbrook is Professor in the Department of German at University College London
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780198731788 |
| ISBN 10 | 0198731787 |
| Title | Europe Since 1945 |
| Author | Mary Fulbrook |
| Series | The Short Oxford History Of Europe |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2000-11-23 |
| Number of pages | 342 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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