Europe, 1890-1945 Crisis and Conflict

Name: Europe, 1890-1945 Crisis and Conflict
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ISBN: 9780195154504

ISBN-10: 0195154509

ISBN-13: 9780195154504

Edition: 2003

Authors: Robin W. Winks, R. J. Q. Adams

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The first half of the twentieth century was of one of the most turbulent periods in Europe's history. While social theorists challenged orthodox ways of thinking about the establishment of a "good society," scientists offered up new visions of the workings of the universe. Women fought for increased power within the altered social landscape, and change and controversy reigned in the worlds of art and culture. The chaos of world politics ushered in the two great wars, which would forever alter Europe's position in the world. Europe, 1890-1945 offers a concise, accessible overview of this tumultuous time period. It provides a clear outline of the political events that shaped the age and…

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List price: $94.99
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/13/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 9.09" wide x 5.98" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 1.210
Language: English




The New Age


European Peoples


The Creative Passion


The New Sciences


New Visions of Society


Freud and the Science of the Mind


New Women


Summary



The Modernization of Nations


Political Ideas


Britain: Toward Democracy and Crisis


France: The Third Republic, 1890-1914


Italy: Unity and Frustration


Germany: The Nation-State


Austria-Hungary: Dividing Humanity into Nations


Imperial Russia: The Struggle for Modernity


The Autocratic Monarchies in 1914


The United States: The Emerging Great Power


Summary



Great War, Great Revolution


Causes of the War


The Course of the War


The Home Fronts


The Peace Settlements


The Russian Revolution of 1917


The Environment



Between the Wars: A Twenty-Year Crisis


The First Triumph of Fascism: Italy


The Weimar Republic: Germany, 1918-1933


Germany Under Hitler, 1933-1939


Authoritarianism in Iberia


Successor States to the Habsburg Empire


Other Authoritarian Regimes in Europe


The Soviet Union


Summary



The Democracies and the Non-Western World


Great Britain


France


The United States


The East Meets the West: Western History and World History


Summary



The Second World War and Its Aftermath


International Politics Between the Wars


The Road to War, 1931-1939


World War II, 1939-1942


Victory for the United Nations


The War in the Pacific


Aftermath


Summary


Chronology


Suggestions for Further Reading


Index