Europe 1900-1945

Zusatztext 'This very readable volume has a selection of maps showing the changing borders of Europe and the decline of its empires! a guide to further reading and a short chronology of major events' Informationen zum Autor Julian Jackson is Professor of History at the University of Wales, Swansea. His publications include France: the Dark Years, 1940-1944 (OUP 2001), The Politics of Depression in France (CUP 1985), The Popular Front in France (CUP 1988), and De Gaulle (Cardinal 1990). Klappentext This book provides a thought-provoking and wide-ranging history of the whole of Europe between 1900 and 1945. Featuring six lively and stimulating chapters that have been specifically written for this volume! Europe 1900-1945 focuses on the political! economic! social! and cultural aspects of this time period. It also examines the international relations within Europe and the wider world. Particular care is taken to integrate developments in southern and eastern Europe (including the USSR) into the more familiar story of what occurred in western and central Europe. A guide to further reading! a chronology! and an index allow readers to follow up on interest in particular countries. Zusammenfassung The penultimate volume in the Short Oxford History of Europe series analyses a period dominated by war, economic dislocation, revolution, and counter-revolution. In a set of thematic chapters, Julian Jackson and a leading international team of historians trace the continuities of the period, as well as the major ruptures of two World Wars.

Product details

• Authors: Julian Jackson
• Assisted by: Julian Jackson (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2002
• EAN: 9780199244287
• ISBN: 978-0-19-924428-7
• No. of pages: 268
• Series: Short Oxford History of Europe; The Short Oxford History of Europe
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Europe, European History, First World War, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I