Europe's postwar periods 1989, 1945, 1918 : writing history backwards / edited by Martin Conway, Pieter Lagrou and Henry Rousso.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Conway, Martin, 1960- editor.

Lagrou, Pieter, editor.

Rousso, Henry, 1954- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Postwar reconstruction--Europe.

Postwar reconstruction.

Europe--History--20th century.

Europe.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

vii, 236 pages : maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2019.

Summary:

This book brings together world-renowned scholars from the UK, Ireland, Germany, France and elsewhere across mainland Europe to provide a multi-authored history of 20th-century Europe from the present to the past. It analyses how successive Europes have been constructed in the wake of the key conflicts of the period: the Cold War and the two World Wars. By regressively tracing Europe's path back to these pivotal moments as part of a unique methodology, Europe's Postwar Periods - 1989, 1945, 1918 reveals the defining characteristics of these postwar periods more clearly and at the same time integrates the changes that followed 1989 into a more substantial historical perspective. Martin Conway and the author team address the crucial themes in recent European history on a chapter-by-chapter basis that gives comprehensive coverage to the whole of the European region for topics like: Borders; States; Empires; Democracy; Justice; Markets; Futures. The volume highlights the fact that Europe was made less by wars than is commonly thought, and more by the nature of the settlements - international, national, political, economic and social - that followed the two World Wars and the Cold War. It is an important, innovative text for all students and scholars of 20th-century European history.

Contents:

1 Demobilizations p. 9 / John Horne

2 Borders p. 31 / Dariusz Stola

3 Justice p. 55 / Guillaume Mouralis and Annette Weinke

4 Futures p. 81 / Péter Apor

5 States p. 103 / Pieter Lagrou

6 Democracies p. 121 / Martin Conway

7 Empires p. 137 / Malika Rahal

8 Markets p. 155 / Paolo Capuzzo

9 Pasts p. 179 / Péter Apor and Henry Rousso.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781474276504

1474276504

OCLC:

1081331019