European Unity in Context: The Inter-war Period (History and Politics in the 20th Century: Bloomsbury Academic)

Stirk, Peter M.R.

ISBN 10: 0861879872 / ISBN 13: 9780861879878

Published by Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., 1989

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: European Unity in Context: The Inter-war Period (History and Politics in the 20th Century: Bloomsbury Academic)
• Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0861879872
• ISBN 13: 9780861879878
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Seller catalogs:
  • International Relations
  • History

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Synopsis

This examination of the question of European unity in the interwar period 1918-1939 aims to bring out the diversity of the various schemes for union or images of unity and to emphasize that those ideas were taken seriously by political actors of the time, even though they were doomed to failure in the light of the clash of political and economic interests and underlying social and cultural disparities. The essays take an interdisciplinary approach to the question of Europe, incorporating the perspectives of historians, social scientists, economists and literary specialists. Subjects include ideology, capitalism, Marxism and federalism.

About the Author

Peter M.R. Stirk is Senior Lecturer and Director of the Centre for the History of Political Thought at Durham University, UK. His previous books include Max Horkheimer: A New Interpretation (1992) and, as co-editor, An Introduction to Political Ideas (Pinter, 1995).