Europe in the Long Twentieth Century : A Transnational History.
Cornelissen, Christoph.
Europe in the Long Twentieth Century : A Transnational History. - 1st ed. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2024. ©2024. - 1 online resource (486 pages)
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Cover -- Europe in the Long Twentieth Century: A Transnational History -- Copyright -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- List of Maps -- Introduction -- Europe as a World Region -- Key Questions, Concepts, and Historiography -- Historiography -- Foundations -- Europe's External and Internal Borders -- The Environment and Perceptions of Space -- Mono- and Multilingualism -- Demographics and Migration -- 1. The Decline of the Old Europein the 'Great War' -- Tensions and Divides -- Politics and Society in Europe before 1914 -- The Road to the 'Great War' -- Armed Forces, Economy, and Society in the First World War -- War in Europe-Global War -- The Military Fronts in Europe -- The Home Fronts -- The End of the War, Revolution, Cultural Interpretations -- The Bolshevik Revolution and the End of the War -- The Paris Peace Conference and the Restructuring of Europe -- Global Cultures of Remembrance around the First World War -- 2. The Epoch of Major Crises, 1919-1939 -- Postwar Periods -- European Empires and Anticolonialism -- The Continuation of War and Militarization of Politics -- Crises of Legitimacy and Systems of Rule -- The Instability of the International System -- Democracies and Dictatorships -- The Crisis of Capitalism -- Booms and Busts -- The Development of the Welfare State and New Social Orders -- Cultural Modernity and New Forms of Violence -- The Artistic Avant-Garde and Triumph of Modern Popular Culture -- Transnational Antisemitism -- Laboratories of Total Violence -- 3. Europe in the Second World War -- The First Total War: The Second Global War -- International Politics and the Second World War Unleashed -- The Second Global War -- Dimensions of a Total War -- The Triumphal March of the Fascist Powers and Their Allies -- Exploitation Economies. From the Invasion of Russia to the End of the Second World War -- Occupation, Collaboration, and Resistance -- The Genocide of the European Jews and War Crimes -- Ethnic Displacement and Plans for a New Europe -- Refugees and Expellees in Europe, 1939-1948/50 -- Plans for a 'New Europe' -- 4. Europe's Reconstruction and Consolidation after 1945 -- Reconstruction and International Policy -- Politics and Society in the Wake of Collapse -- Decolonization and the Provincialization of Europe -- Victors and the Vanquished in International Relations -- The Division of Europe: Divergence and Convergence -- Soviet Hegemony over Eastern Europe -- Restoring and Stabilizing Democracy in Western Europe -- Economy and Society in Recovery -- From the European 'Economic Miracle' to the Crisis of the 1970s -- Societal Transformations in Western and Eastern Europe -- Sociopolitical Stabilization -- Culture and Europeanization -- Culture during the Cold War: Propaganda and the Avant-Garde -- Europeanization from Above: Western Europe's Economic and Political Integration -- 5. Europe until the End of the East-West Confrontation -- International Policy and European Integration -- From the Policy of Coexistence to the End of a Divided Europe -- Expansion and Strengthening of Western European Integration -- Systemic Political Changes in Western and Eastern Europe -- Transformation of Political Cultures in Western Europe -- The End of the Dictatorships in the Mediterranean Region and Demise of the Communist Regimes in Eastern Europe -- The Return of Economic Crises -- Economic Fluctuations and Crises -- Changes in Working Society and Ethnic Diversity -- Restructuring the Welfare State -- Culture and Europeanization -- Education Systems in Europe -- Europeanization from Below -- 6. Europe after the Cold War -- New Freedoms, New Crises -- The Revolutions of 1989-1991. Multilateral Foreign Policy and EU Enlargement -- The Disintegration of Yugoslavia and the New Wars in Europe -- Economy and Society under the Influence of Globalization -- Moving from Planned to Market Economies -- Economic Trends and the De-Europeanization of the Economy -- Migration and Socioeconomic Change -- Space and Cultural Awakening -- Perceptions of Space -- Cultural Transformation Processes -- Remembrance Cultures after 1945 and Reparation Issues -- Conclusion -- Europe in a Global Context -- Europe in the World: Globalization and Postcolonialism -- European Society and Structures of the Welfare State -- Europe: A 'Community Based on the Rule of Law'? -- Religion, Denomination, and National Identity -- European Discourse and Cultures of Remembrance -- Notes -- Introduction -- 1. The Decline of the Old Europe in the 'Great War' -- 2. The Epoch of Major Crises, 1919-1939 -- 3. Europe in the Second World War -- 4. Europe's Reconstruction and Consolidation after 1945 -- 5. Europe until the End of the East-West Confrontation -- 6. Europe after the Cold War -- Conclusion: Europe in a Global Context -- Abbreviations -- Timeline -- Selected Bibliography -- Global History -- Historiography and World Regions -- History of Europe in the 20th Century -- Reference Works -- Europe before 1914 -- First World War -- Russian Revolution -- Paris Peace Treaties -- Interwar Period -- NS-Dictatorship and Second World War -- Holocaust and Genocide Studies -- History of Europe after 1945 -- History of Europe after 1989 -- European Empires and Decolonization -- International Politics and International Law -- European Integration/European Desintegration/Brexit -- Population, Migration History, Urban History -- Nationalism and Nation States -- Constitutional and Legal History -- Parliamentary History and Political Parties. Political Ideas and Movements, Political Cultures -- Economic History/Mass Consumption/Infrastructures -- Social History/Gender History -- History of Religion -- Environmental History -- History of Infrastructures -- Public Health/Pandemics -- Cultural History, Media and Sports History, History of Knowledge -- Culture of Remembrance and European Heritage -- Index.
Tracing Europe in the long 20th century as it moved from a leading world region to a group of states constantly trying to assert themselves globally, this volume examines the tension between national and imperial ambition, competition between political orders, the transformation of economy and society, and the impact of ideas and utopias.
9780192699237
Europe-History.
Fernzugriff
Europe in the Long Twentieth Century : A Transnational History. - 1st ed. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2024. ©2024. - 1 online resource (486 pages)
E-Book-ProQuest / Fernzugriff nach Registrierung möglich
Cover -- Europe in the Long Twentieth Century: A Transnational History -- Copyright -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- List of Maps -- Introduction -- Europe as a World Region -- Key Questions, Concepts, and Historiography -- Historiography -- Foundations -- Europe's External and Internal Borders -- The Environment and Perceptions of Space -- Mono- and Multilingualism -- Demographics and Migration -- 1. The Decline of the Old Europein the 'Great War' -- Tensions and Divides -- Politics and Society in Europe before 1914 -- The Road to the 'Great War' -- Armed Forces, Economy, and Society in the First World War -- War in Europe-Global War -- The Military Fronts in Europe -- The Home Fronts -- The End of the War, Revolution, Cultural Interpretations -- The Bolshevik Revolution and the End of the War -- The Paris Peace Conference and the Restructuring of Europe -- Global Cultures of Remembrance around the First World War -- 2. The Epoch of Major Crises, 1919-1939 -- Postwar Periods -- European Empires and Anticolonialism -- The Continuation of War and Militarization of Politics -- Crises of Legitimacy and Systems of Rule -- The Instability of the International System -- Democracies and Dictatorships -- The Crisis of Capitalism -- Booms and Busts -- The Development of the Welfare State and New Social Orders -- Cultural Modernity and New Forms of Violence -- The Artistic Avant-Garde and Triumph of Modern Popular Culture -- Transnational Antisemitism -- Laboratories of Total Violence -- 3. Europe in the Second World War -- The First Total War: The Second Global War -- International Politics and the Second World War Unleashed -- The Second Global War -- Dimensions of a Total War -- The Triumphal March of the Fascist Powers and Their Allies -- Exploitation Economies. From the Invasion of Russia to the End of the Second World War -- Occupation, Collaboration, and Resistance -- The Genocide of the European Jews and War Crimes -- Ethnic Displacement and Plans for a New Europe -- Refugees and Expellees in Europe, 1939-1948/50 -- Plans for a 'New Europe' -- 4. Europe's Reconstruction and Consolidation after 1945 -- Reconstruction and International Policy -- Politics and Society in the Wake of Collapse -- Decolonization and the Provincialization of Europe -- Victors and the Vanquished in International Relations -- The Division of Europe: Divergence and Convergence -- Soviet Hegemony over Eastern Europe -- Restoring and Stabilizing Democracy in Western Europe -- Economy and Society in Recovery -- From the European 'Economic Miracle' to the Crisis of the 1970s -- Societal Transformations in Western and Eastern Europe -- Sociopolitical Stabilization -- Culture and Europeanization -- Culture during the Cold War: Propaganda and the Avant-Garde -- Europeanization from Above: Western Europe's Economic and Political Integration -- 5. Europe until the End of the East-West Confrontation -- International Policy and European Integration -- From the Policy of Coexistence to the End of a Divided Europe -- Expansion and Strengthening of Western European Integration -- Systemic Political Changes in Western and Eastern Europe -- Transformation of Political Cultures in Western Europe -- The End of the Dictatorships in the Mediterranean Region and Demise of the Communist Regimes in Eastern Europe -- The Return of Economic Crises -- Economic Fluctuations and Crises -- Changes in Working Society and Ethnic Diversity -- Restructuring the Welfare State -- Culture and Europeanization -- Education Systems in Europe -- Europeanization from Below -- 6. Europe after the Cold War -- New Freedoms, New Crises -- The Revolutions of 1989-1991. Multilateral Foreign Policy and EU Enlargement -- The Disintegration of Yugoslavia and the New Wars in Europe -- Economy and Society under the Influence of Globalization -- Moving from Planned to Market Economies -- Economic Trends and the De-Europeanization of the Economy -- Migration and Socioeconomic Change -- Space and Cultural Awakening -- Perceptions of Space -- Cultural Transformation Processes -- Remembrance Cultures after 1945 and Reparation Issues -- Conclusion -- Europe in a Global Context -- Europe in the World: Globalization and Postcolonialism -- European Society and Structures of the Welfare State -- Europe: A 'Community Based on the Rule of Law'? -- Religion, Denomination, and National Identity -- European Discourse and Cultures of Remembrance -- Notes -- Introduction -- 1. The Decline of the Old Europe in the 'Great War' -- 2. The Epoch of Major Crises, 1919-1939 -- 3. Europe in the Second World War -- 4. Europe's Reconstruction and Consolidation after 1945 -- 5. Europe until the End of the East-West Confrontation -- 6. Europe after the Cold War -- Conclusion: Europe in a Global Context -- Abbreviations -- Timeline -- Selected Bibliography -- Global History -- Historiography and World Regions -- History of Europe in the 20th Century -- Reference Works -- Europe before 1914 -- First World War -- Russian Revolution -- Paris Peace Treaties -- Interwar Period -- NS-Dictatorship and Second World War -- Holocaust and Genocide Studies -- History of Europe after 1945 -- History of Europe after 1989 -- European Empires and Decolonization -- International Politics and International Law -- European Integration/European Desintegration/Brexit -- Population, Migration History, Urban History -- Nationalism and Nation States -- Constitutional and Legal History -- Parliamentary History and Political Parties. Political Ideas and Movements, Political Cultures -- Economic History/Mass Consumption/Infrastructures -- Social History/Gender History -- History of Religion -- Environmental History -- History of Infrastructures -- Public Health/Pandemics -- Cultural History, Media and Sports History, History of Knowledge -- Culture of Remembrance and European Heritage -- Index.
Tracing Europe in the long 20th century as it moved from a leading world region to a group of states constantly trying to assert themselves globally, this volume examines the tension between national and imperial ambition, competition between political orders, the transformation of economy and society, and the impact of ideas and utopias.
9780192699237
Europe-History.
Fernzugriff