Europe Transformed: 1878-1919 (Blackwell Classic Histories of Europe) - Hardcover

Stone, Norman

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0631215077 ISBN 13: 9780631215073

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 1999

Synopsis

This book is a fascinating introduction to the complex era from 1878 to the end of World War I. The forty years before 1914 were a period of extraordinary peace and prosperity, but this world came to a dramatic end with the start of the First World War. Stone explores the political history of the period running up to the war, setting events in the context of social, economic and cultural changes. The period was marked by complexity: in politics parties were emerging, dividing and revising their alliances: international affairs were complicated by the maneuvering of six major European powers; at the same time dramatic economic and social changes were occurring, populations were increasing, the family altering, education developing and attitudes to religion changing.Norman Stone makes sense of this confusing era by exploring these common European themes and establishing a political and international chronology for readers to follow. He reveals the individual character of the European countries, discussing the five Great Powers in essay rather than narrative form. He treats war and revolution in a separate section and concludes by considering the cultural developments of the period.

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Review:

Review of the Previous Edition:

"The general reader, after deep gulps of prose, will wonder why they were ever led to think that history is a dull subject. Stone's fellow professionals will only be able to take his narrative in small doses, needing frequent pauses to think, snort or wriggle with envy." The Spectator

'This is a facinating book, elegant, witty, original, informative and many-sided...The general reader, after deep gulps of prose, will wonder why they were ever led to think that history is a dull subject. His fellow professionals will only be able to take his narrative in small doses, needing frequent pauses to think, snort or wriggle with envy... There really cannot have been a teacher like Norman Stone for many years, and his readers will now jealously compete with his pupils for his time.' John Keeganm Spectator

About the Author:

Norman Stone is currently Professor of International Relations at Bilkent University, Ankara, TUrkey, where he is Director of the Turkish-Russian Institute. He was previously Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. His first book, The Eastern Front, 1914-1017 (1975) won the Wolfson Prize for History in 1976. His other works include Hitler (1980); Czechoslovakia: Crossroads and Crises, edited with Edward Stroughal (1989); and The Other Russian: the Expereience of Exile edited with Michael Glenny (1990).

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0631215077
• ISBN 13: 9780631215073
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 349