Short Oxford History of Europe

Erscheinungsjahr 2000
ISBN: 978-0-19-873178-8
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 342 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 431 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fulbrook, Mary

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Notes on Contributors

- 1: Mary Fulbrook: Introduction: Europe since 1945

- 2: Donald Sassoon: Politics

- 3: Hartmut Kaelble: Social History

- 4: Barry Eichengreen: Economy

- 5: Axel Korner: Culture

- 6: Klaus Larres: International and Security Relations within Europe

- 7: David Armstrong and Erik Goldstein: Interaction with the non-European World

- Conclusion

- Guide to Further Reading

- Chronology

- List of Abbreviations

- Maps

- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Mary Fulbrook is Professor in the Department of German at University College London