Persistence of the Old Regime - Europe to the Great War

Zusatztext “A seminal book—extremely challenging. The historical and political implications of the ‘Mayer thesis’ will be widely discussed in years to come—certainly not only by specialists.”—Carlo Ginzburg “Academics like me often wield the term ‘modernity’ as if it describes a centuries-old formation! but the fact is: a great part of Europe only became modern—in the sense of being post-feudal—in recent memory. The best treatment of this theme remains Arno Mayer’s The Persistence of the Old Regime .”—Corey Robin Informationen zum Autor Arno Mayer (1926-2023) was Professor Emeritus of European History at Princeton University. His many books include The Persistence of the Old Regime: Europe to the Great War , The Furies: Violence and Terror in the French and Russian Revolutions , Plowshares into Swords: From Zionism to Israel and Why Did the Heavens Not Darken? The "Final Solution" in History . Klappentext A history of the build up to the First World War. Zusammenfassung Analyzing the context in which thirty years of war and revolution wracked the European continent! this title emphasizes the backwardness of the European economies and their political subjugation by aristocratic elites and their allies.

Product details

• Authors: Arno Mayer, Arno J Mayer, Arno J. Mayer
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.08.2010
• EAN: 9781844676354
• ISBN: 978-1-84467-635-4
• No. of pages: 382
• Series: Verso World History Series; Verso World History Series; Verso World History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Europe, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Social and cultural history, C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909