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New Cover
The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern Europe
Edited by T. C. W. Blanning
376 pages
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24 pp colour plates, numerous black and white illustrations
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246x189mm
978-0-19-285426-1
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Paperback
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11 January 2001
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- Written by 11 contributors who are leading scholars in their respective fields
- Covers a wide range of modern European history, including political, economical, social, and cultural aspects, from the French Revolution to the present day
- Hardback sold over 44,000 copies; paperback over 7,000 copies so far
- Attractively illustrated with over 200 pictures in colour and black and white
Written by eleven contributors of international standing, this book covers Europe's turbulent history from the French Revolution in the late eighteenth century to the present day. Attractively illustrated with over 200 pictures in colour and black and white, it provides a better understanding of modern Europe, how it came to be what it is, and even where it may be going in the future.Readership: General readers; students, scholars, and teachers interested in modern European history, culture or politics.
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Edited by T. C. W. Blanning, Professor of Modern European History, University of Cambridge, and Fellow, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge Contributors:
T. C. W. Blanning is Professor of Modern European History at Cambridge, and a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College.
Professor John Roberts was Warden of Merton College, Oxford, until his retirement in 1994.
Dr Clive Trebilcock is Lecturer in History at Cambridge, and a Fellow of Pembroke College.
Professor Hew Strachan is Professor of Modern History at Glasgow University.
Professor Pamela Pilbeam is Professor of
History at Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London.
Professor Paul Preston is Professor of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Professor Harold James is Professor of History at Princeton University.
Professor Richard Overy is Professor of History, King's College London.
Dr Richard Bessel is Senior Lecturer in History at the Open University.
Professor Martin Jay is Professor of History at the University of California at Berkeley.
Dr David Reynolds is Lecturer in History at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Christ's College.
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"a superb volume, complete with maps, and tells the story of a continent from the 18th century to the present day." - Irish Times
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T. C. W. Blanning: Introduction
1: John Roberts: Revolution from Above and Below: European Politics from the French Revolution to the First World War
2: Clive Trebilcock: The Industrialization of Modern Europe, 1750-1914
3: Hew Strachan: Military Modernization, 1789-1918
4: Pamela Pilbeam: From Orders to Classes: European Society in the Nineteenth Century
5: T. C. W. Blanning: The Commercialization and Sacralization of European Culture in the Nineteenth Century
6: Paul Preston: The Great Civil War: European Politics, 1914-45
7: Harold James: The Fall and Rise of the European Economy in the Twentieth Century
8: Richard Overy: Warfare in Europe since 1918
9: Richard Bessel: European Society in the Twentieth Century
10: Martin Jay: From Modernism to Post-Modernism
11: David Reynolds: Europe Divided and Reunited, 1945-95
Further Reading; Chronology; Maps; Acknowledgement of Sources; Index
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