The vertigo years : Europe, 1900-1914 / Philipp Blom.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blom, Philipp, 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Europe--History--1871-1918.

Europe.

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 466 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Basic Books, 2008.

Summary:

Examines how changes from the Industrial Revolution prior to World War I brought about radical transformation in society, changes in education, and massive migration in population that led to one of the bloodiest events in history.

Contents:

1 1900: The Dynamo and the Virgin 5

2 1901: The Changing of the Guard 23

3 1902: Oedipus Rex 44

4 1903: A Strange Luminescence 71

5 1904: His Majesty and Mister Morel 92

6 1905: In All Fury 122

7 1906: Dreadnought and Anxiety 155

8 1907: Dreams and Visions 189

9 1908: Ladies with Rocks 219

10 1909: The Cult of the Fast Machine 249

11 1910: Human Nature Changed 277

12 1911: People's Palaces 308

13 1912: Questions of Breeding 334

14 1913: Wagner's Crime 360

15 1914: Murder Most Foul 388.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 426-452) and index.

ISBN:

9780465011162

0465011160

OCLC:

191926062