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Informationen zum Autor Gordon Martel is Professor of History at the University of Northern British Columbia. Among his other edited works are The Origins of the Second World War Reconsidered ( 1999) and The World War Two Reader (2004). Klappentext This Companion to Europe 1900-1945 brings together a distinguished group of international scholars to discuss the major debates in the study of early twentieth-century Europe. The volume outlines the great political and social upheavals of the period and the great changes in culture and the economy. Topics include imperial rivalries, the devastation of the First World War, the challenges of recovery, the rise of fascism and communism, and the horrors of World War II and the Holocaust. It offers helpful introductions to these tumultuous developments, provides an overview of current scholarly thinking, and illuminates perennial themes as well as new areas of inquiry. The companion opens with a section on "continuity and change" addressing overarching themes and movements. The remaining five parts are organised chronologically, each one focusing on a particular period in time. In each of these chronological sections, scholars consider a range of social, economic, cultural, and political issues, paying particular attention to those questions which have attracted most debate. The approach throughout is pan-European, highlighting similarities and differences across nations and regions. Zusammenfassung This volume brings together a distinguished group of international scholars to discuss the major debates in the study of early twentieth-century Europe. Brings together contributions from a distinguished group of international scholars. Provides an overview of current thinking on the period. Inhaltsverzeichnis Notes on Contributors viii Preface xiii Maps xiv Introduction: Europe in Agony, 1900-1945 xxi Gordon Martel Part I Continuity and Change; Forces and Movements 1 1 Urbanization, Poverty, and Crime 3 Paul Lawrence 2 The Revolution in Science 19 Cathryn Carson 3 Feminism: Women, Work, and Politics 35 June Hannam 4 Modernism 50 Robin Walz 5 The Cult of Youth 66 Elizabeth Harvey 6 Sexuality and the Psyche 82 Lesley A. Hall 7 The Economy 98 Peter Wardley Part II Before the Deluge 117 8 Europe's World: Power, Empire, and Colonialism 119 Woodruff D. Smith 9 Social Reform or Social Revolution? 135 Gary P. Steenson 10 Modernity: Approaching the Twentieth Century 150 Angela K. Smith 11 Politics: The Past and the Future 165 Peter Waldron 12 The Coming of War, 1914 180 Annika Mombauer Part III World War I 195 13 August 1914: Public Opinion and the Crisis 197 David Welch 14 The War in the Trenches 213 Tim Travers 15 The War from Above: Aims, Strategy, and Diplomacy 228 Matthew Stibbe 16 The War and Revolution 243 Mark Baker Part IV The Aftermath of War 259 17 Peacemaking after World War I 261 Alan Sharp 18 Demobilization and Discontent 277 James M. Diehl 19 The Socialist Experiment 292 William J. Chase 20 The Fascist Challenge 309 Martin Blinkhorn 21 Revisionism 326 Carole Fink Part V The New Age 341 22 The Jazz Age 343 Thomas J. Saunders 23 The Nazi New Society 359 Dick Geary 24 The Popular Front 375 Michael Richards 25 The Strategic Revolution 391 Tami Davis Biddle 26 Hitler and the Origins of Wor...
