Modern Europe, 1789-present / Asa Briggs and Patricia Clavin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Briggs, Asa, 1921-2016.

Contributor:

Clavin, Patricia.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Europe--History--1789-1900.

Europe.

History.

Europe--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

xix, 458 pages : maps ; 24 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Pearson Longman, 2003.

Summary:

"This new edition embraces the whole continent from both national and regional perspectives, and combines political survey with grass roots 'people' history. Asa Briggs ("The Lord of Lewes") and Patricia Clavin, have written a comprehensive and accessible book covering the whole of Europe from the French Revolution to the present day. completely revised and brought up-to-date, the authors use a very broad range of sources including memoirs, archives, letters, songs and newspapers. Several areas have been updated specifically for this edition including religion and the modern Papacy, immigration in Europe and relationships between minority and majority groups, UNESCO, the European Bill of Rights, seeds of conflict in Bosnia and Croatia and Europe's relations with the wider world, with particular attention to the Middle East and Japan. For readers interested in European history.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0582772605

OCLC:

50526918