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Imagining European Unity since 1000 AD / by Patrick Pasture.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pasture, Patrick., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World politics.
- Europe--Politics and government.
- Europe.
- Europe--History.
- Peace.
- World history.
- Imperialism.
- Political History.
- European Politics.
- European History.
- Peace and Conflict Studies.
- World History, Global and Transnational History.
- Imperialism and Colonialism.
- Local Subjects:
- Political History.
- European Politics.
- European History.
- Peace and Conflict Studies.
- World History, Global and Transnational History.
- Imperialism and Colonialism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (XII, 273 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2015.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- European unity is a dream that has appealed to the imagination since the Middle Ages. Its motives have varied from a longing for peace to a deep-rooted abhorrence of diversity, as well as a yearning to maintain Europe's colonial dominance. This book offers a multifaceted history that takes in account the European imagination in a global context.
- Contents:
- "Peace for our time": the European quest for peace
- Peace in Christendom?
- Enlightenment, revolution, and the evaporating dream of a perpetual peace
- Peace during the concert
- Between empire, market and nation
- The Long War
- Hope and deception
- Pacification by division
- Epilogue: the EC's colonial empire
- Conclusion: in search of European unity.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781349693962
- 1349693960
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