Themes in modern European history since 1945 / edited by Rosemary Wakeman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wakeman, Rosemary.

Series:

Themes in Modern European History Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Europe--Politics and government--1945-.

Europe.

Europe--Economic conditions--1945-.

Europe--Intellectual life--20th century.

Europe--Social conditions--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (251 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Broad in geographical scope, this collection explores the most important transformations and upheavals of post-1945 Europe in the light of recent scholarship.A wide array of authors from the UK, the USA and across Europe contribute twelve chapters consider key political, cultural and economic changes of an era that needs reevalutaion and reconsideration from a historical perspective.Cross-disciplinary, covering a wide range of issues - politics, economics, social and cultural aspects Themes in Modern European History since 1945 is structured around recent theoretical

Contents:

Divided Europe : the long postwar, 1945-89 / Steven Morewood

The collapse of world dominion : the dismantling of the European colonial empires and its impact on Europe / Jean-Jacques Jordi

The golden age of prosperity, 1953-73 / Rosemary Wakeman

Social class and social change in postwar Europe / Don Kalb

Changing margins in postwar European politics / Michael Hanagan

European mass culture in the media age / Rosemary Wakeman

The boundaries of the avant-garde / Simon Sadler

The Central and Eastern European revolution, 1989-2000 / Ivan T. Berend

The politics of European unification / Robert H. Lieshout

European economic integration : from business cycle to business cycle / Wim Meeusen.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-60106-9

1-134-60105-0

1-282-12433-1

9786612124334

0-203-93008-8

9780203930083

OCLC:

437123667