Encyclopedia of European social history from 1350 to 2000 / Peter N. Stearns, editor in chief.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stearns, Peter N., editor.

Series:

Gale virtual reference library.

Gale virtual reference library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social history--Encyclopedias.

Social history.

Europe--Social conditions--Encyclopedias.

Europe.

Europe--Social life and customs--Encyclopedias.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (3105 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Detroit, [Michigan] : Gale Group, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Covering the period from the beginning of the Renaissance to the present, this encyclopedia consists of 209 signed articles and nearly 300 biographical entries. The set is thoroughly indexed, amply illustrated, and a joy to read. Graduate students will find it useful as an introduction to historiography while advanced high school students will enjoy the articles on historical topics."--"Outstanding Reference Sources," American Libraries, May 2001.

Contents:

FRONT COVER; TITLE PAGE; EDITORIAL BOARD; EDITORIAL AND PRODUCTION STAFF; CONTENTS; ALPHABETICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS; MAPS; INTRODUCTION; CHRONOLOGY; COMMON ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS WORK; VOLUME 1; METHODS AND THEORETICAL APPROACHES; THE GENERATIONS OF SOCIAL HISTORY; THE SOURCES OF SOCIAL HISTORY; THE ANNALES PARADIGM; MARXISM AND RADICAL HISTORY; INTERDISCIPLINARY CONTACTS AND INFLUENCES; CLIOMETRICS AND QUANTIFICATION; CULTURAL HISTORY AND NEW CULTURAL HISTORY; GENDER THEORY; MICROHISTORY; COMPARATIVE EUROPEAN SOCIAL HISTORY; THE PERIODS OF SOCIAL HISTORY; PERIODIZATION IN SOCIAL HISTORY

THE MEDIEVAL HERITAGETHE RENAISSANCE; THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION AND THE CATHOLIC REFORMATION; THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD; THE ENLIGHTENMENT; THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND THE EMPIRE; THE NINETEENTH CENTURY; THE WORLD WARS AND THE DEPRESSION; SINCE WORLD WAR II; REGIONS, NATIONS, AND PEOPLES; PRINCIPLES OF REGIONALISM; BRITAIN; IRELAND; FRANCE; THE LOW COUNTRIES; THE IBERIAN PENINSULA; ITALY; CENTRAL EUROPE; THE NORDIC COUNTRIES; THE BALTIC NATIONS; EAST CENTRAL EUROPE; RUSSIA AND THE EAST SLAVS; THE BALKANS; THE JEWS AND ANTI-SEMITISM; ROMA: THE GYPSIES; EUROPE AND THE WORLD

THE WORLD ECONOMY AND COLONIAL EXPANSIONEXPLORERS, MISSIONARIES, TRADERS; EMIGRATION AND COLONIES; IMPERIALISM AND DOMESTIC SOCIETY; IMPERIALISM AND GENDER; AMERICA, AMERICANIZATION, AND ANTI-AMERICANISM; IMMIGRANTS; RACISM; VOLUME 2; PROCESSES OF SOCIAL CHANGE; MODERNIZATION; TECHNOLOGY; CAPITALISM AND COMMERCIALIZATION; PROTOINDUSTRIALIZATION; THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONS; WAR AND CONQUEST; SCIENCE AND THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION; SECULARIZATION; COMMUNICATIONS, THE MEDIA, AND PROPAGANDA; POPULATION AND GEOGRAPHY; THE ENVIRONMENT; MIGRATION

THE POPULATION OF EUROPE: EARLY MODERN DEMOGRAPHIC PATTERNSTHE POPULATION OF EUROPE: THE DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION AND AFTER; THE EUROPEAN MARRIAGE PATTERN; BIRTH, CONTRACEPTION, AND ABORTION; THE LIFE CYCLE; HEALTH AND DISEASE; DEATH; CITIES AND URBANIZATION; URBANIZATION; THE CITY: THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD; THE CITY: THE MODERN PERIOD; THE URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE; SHOPS AND STORES; URBAN INSTITUTIONS AND POLITICS: THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD; URBAN INSTITUTIONS AND POLITICS: THE MODERN PERIOD; STREET LIFE AND CITY SPACE; SUBURBS AND NEW TOWNS; RURAL LIFE; AGRICULTURE; LAND TENURE

SERFDOM: WESTERN EUROPESERFDOM: EASTERN EUROPE; PEASANT AND FARMING VILLAGES; COLLECTIVIZATION; ESTATES AND COUNTRY HOUSES; FAIRS AND MARKETS; STATE AND SOCIETY; ABSOLUTISM; THE LIBERAL STATE; DEMOCRACY; THE WELFARE STATE; CIVIL SOCIETY; NATIONALISM; FASCISM AND NAZISM; COMMUNISM; BUREAUCRACY; MILITARY SERVICE; VOLUME 3; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL MOBILITY; THE ARISTOCRACY AND GENTRY; THE MIDDLE CLASSES; PROFESSIONALS AND PROFESSIONALIZATION; STUDENTS; ARTISTS; THE MILITARY; ARTISANS; THE PETTY BOURGEOISIE; WORKING CLASSES; SERVANTS; PEASANTS AND RURAL LABORERS; SLAVES

MARGINAL PEOPLE

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780684325330

0684325330