A concise history of modern Europe: liberty, equality, solidarity/
Mason, David S.
A concise history of modern Europe: liberty, equality, solidarity/ David S. Mason. - New Delhi : Orient Blackswan, c2011. - xviii, 229 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Rev. ed. of: Revolutionary Europe, 1789-1989.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: change and tradition in Europe -- Timeline of European history -- The old regime and the Enlightenment -- The French Revolution and Napoleon -- The Industrial Revolution and the birth of capitalism -- 1848: the peoples' spring -- Marx, Marxism, and socialism -- Darwinism and Social Darwinism -- The unifications of Italy and Germany -- The age of imperialism and the scramble for Africa -- World War I -- The Russian Revolution and communism -- World War II and the Holocaust -- Europe divided, the Cold War, and decolonization -- 1989: the collapse of communism and the end of the Cold War -- The European Union: Europe united and free?
9781442205338
Europe
Politics and government
940.28 / MAS/C
A concise history of modern Europe: liberty, equality, solidarity/ David S. Mason. - New Delhi : Orient Blackswan, c2011. - xviii, 229 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Rev. ed. of: Revolutionary Europe, 1789-1989.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: change and tradition in Europe -- Timeline of European history -- The old regime and the Enlightenment -- The French Revolution and Napoleon -- The Industrial Revolution and the birth of capitalism -- 1848: the peoples' spring -- Marx, Marxism, and socialism -- Darwinism and Social Darwinism -- The unifications of Italy and Germany -- The age of imperialism and the scramble for Africa -- World War I -- The Russian Revolution and communism -- World War II and the Holocaust -- Europe divided, the Cold War, and decolonization -- 1989: the collapse of communism and the end of the Cold War -- The European Union: Europe united and free?
9781442205338
Europe
Politics and government
940.28 / MAS/C