The Oxford history of modern Europe

Book abstract:

Written by eleven contributors of international standing, this book offers a readable and authoritative account of Europe's turbulent history from the French Revolution to the present day. Each chapter portrays both change and continuity, revolutions and stability, and covers the political, economic, social, cultural, and military history of Europe.

The chapters are: Revolution from above and below: European politics from the French Revolution to the First World War; The industrialisation of Modern Europe 1750-1914; Military modernization 1789-1918; From orders to classes: European society in the nineteenth century; The commercialisation and sacralisation of European culture in the nineteenth century; The great civil war: European politics, 1914-1945; The fall and rise of the European economy in the twentieth century; Warfare in Europe since 1918; European society in the twentieth century; From modernism to post-modernism; Europe divided and reunited 1945-1995.

The book is illustrated with black and white photographs and maps showing Europe at key dates in its history. This book provides a better understanding of modern Europe, how it came to be what it is, and where it may be going in the future.

T C W Blanning is Professor of Modern European History at the University of Cambridge.

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