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The Oxford History of Modern Europeby T. C. W. Blanning
OUP Oxford 2000; US$ 15.00Written by eleven contributors of international standing, this book offers a readable and authoritative account of Europe's turbulent history from the French Revolution in the late eighteenth century to the present day. Each chapter portrays both change and continuity, revolutions and stability, and covers the political, economic, social, cultural, and military life of Europe. This book provides a better understanding of modern Europe, how it came to be what it is, and where it maybe going in the future. more...
From Hitler to Trujilloby Alfredo F. Vorshirm
Boson Books 2000; US$ 2.99From Hitler to Trujillo is a memoir by a Holocaust survivor Alfredo Vorshirm. His gripping story embodies the Jewish European experience during and after World War II and dramatizes the events that impelled Vorshirm to the Dominican Republic at the height of the Trujillo dictatorship. Living in Belgium rather than Germany, the country of his birth, when World War II broke out, Vorshirm and his family found themselves imprisoned by the European Allies because they were Austrian-German enemies. Then he was imprisoned by the Germans when he was caught in a raid without legal identification papers and in possession of illegal foreign currency. After being held and tortured in a Gestapo jail for nearly a year, he joined the Italian partisans where... more...
Imperial Eyesby Mary Louise Pratt
Routledge 1992; US$ 39.95Pratt intriguingly explores European travel and exploration writing. In a study of genre and as a critique of ideology, Imperial Eyes examines how travel books by Europeans create the domestic subject of European imperialism. more...
Writing National Historiesby Stefan Berger; Mark Donovan; Kevin Passmore
Routledge 1998; US$ 43.95This book examines comparatively how the writing of history has been used to 'legitimate' the nation-state against socialist, communist and catholic internationalism in the modern era. more...
Themes in Modern European History 1830-1890by Bruce Waller
Routledge 1990; US$ 38.95This invaluable textbook provides an authoritative student guide to the main contours of 19th century Europe. Six distinguished scholars, regularly involved in student teaching, provide a collection of lively and challenging essays. more...
Two Red Flagsby David Childs
Routledge 1999; US$ 36.95An incisive account of the impact of socialism on the life and politics of Europe and the former Soviet bloc in the twentieth century. It covers the origins of socialism in those countries where it had most impact. more...
Themes in Modern European History 1890-1945by Paul Hayes
Routledge 1992; US$ 39.95Fixes the important developments of the period not only in the political framework of the time, but also in their social and cultural context. These essays throw new light on the European situation between 1890 and the Second World War. more...
Modern European History 1871-2000by David Welch
Routledge 1999; US$ 41.95Modern European History brings together a unique selection of documents covering the period 1871 to 2000. The collection is organized by topic and a clear historical context and chronological chart provide background for each section. more...
Napoleon's Integration of Europeby Stuart Woolf
Routledge 1991; US$ 145.00Examines the problems of ruling a progressively expanding empire, and also considers the populations subjected to French rule; the nature of their resistance and adaptation to the principles of the Napoleonic project. more...
International History of the Twentieth Centuryby Antony Best; Jussi M. Hanhimaki; Joseph A. Maiolo; Kirsten E. Schulze
Routledge 2003; US$ 37.95A major new global history of the twentieth century, written by four prominent international historians. more...









