Revolutionary Europe 1789 1989

Author : David Stewart Mason
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Pub Incorporated
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0742537684

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Revolutionary Europe, 1789-1989 by David Stewart Mason Pdf

Highlighting the key events, ideas, and individuals that have shaped modern Europe, this fresh and lively book provides a concise history of the continent from the Enlightenment to the integration of the European Union. Drawing on the enduring theme of revolution, David S. Mason explores the causes and consequences of revolution: political, economic, and scientific; the development of human rights; and issues of European identity and integration. He deliberately avoids a detailed chronology of every country and time period by emphasizing the most crucial events in shaping contemporary Europe. Fourteen focused chapters address such topical issues as the Enlightenment; the French Revolution and Napoleon; the Industrial Revolution; the theories and impact of Marx and Darwin; the revolutions of 1848, 1917, and 1989; the unifications of Germany and Italy; European imperialism; the two World Wars; the Cold War; and the evolution and expansion of the European Union. Any reader who wants to view the broad sweep of European history will find this book an engaging narrative.

Author : Geoffrey Best
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015014888351

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The Permanent Revolution by Geoffrey Best Pdf

Author : Asa Briggs,Patricia Clavin
Publisher : Addison Wesley Publishing Company
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015038555507

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Modern Europe 1789-1989 by Asa Briggs,Patricia Clavin Pdf

Modern Europe provides both text and illustrations which draw on a wide range of sources, from state archives, published memoirs and heroic paintings to private letters, oral testimony, picture postcards, cartoons and songs.

Author : Krishan Kumar
Publisher : Choice Publishing Co., Ltd.
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 081663453X

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1989 by Krishan Kumar Pdf

In 1989, from East Berlin to Budapest and Bucharest to Moscow, communism was falling. The walls were coming down and the world was being changed in ways that seemed entirely new. The conflict of ideas and ideals that began with the French Revolution of 1789 culminated in these revolutions, which raised the prospects of the "return to Europe" of East and Central European nations, the "restarting of their history," even, for some, the "end of history." What such assertions and aspirations meant, and what the larger events that inspired them mean-not just for the world of history and politics, but for our very understanding of that world-are the questions Krishan Kumar explores in 1989. A well-known and widely respected scholar, Kumar places these revolutions of 1989 in the broadest framework of political and social thought, helping us see how certain ideas, traditions, and ideological developments influenced or accompanied these movements-and how they might continue to play out. Asking questions about some of the central dilemmas facing modern society in the new century, Kumar offers critical insight into how these questions might be answered and how political, social, and historical ideas and ideals can shape our destiny. Contradictions Series, volume 12

Author : Piotr H. Kosicki,Kyrill Kunakhovich
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9789633862841

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The Long 1989 by Piotr H. Kosicki,Kyrill Kunakhovich Pdf

The fall of communism in Europe is now the frame of reference for any mass mobilization, from the Arab Spring to the Occupy movement to Brexit. Even thirty years on, 1989 still figures as a guide and motivation for political change. It is now a platitude to call 1989 a "world event," but the chapters in this volume show how it actually became one. The authors of these nine essays consider how revolutionary events in Europe resonated years later and thousands of miles away: in China and South Africa, Chile and Afghanistan, Turkey and the USA. They trace the circulation of people, practices, and concepts that linked these countries, turning local developments into a global phenomenon. At the same time, they examine the many shifts that revolution underwent in transit. All nine chapters detail the process of mutation, adaptation, and appropriation through which foreign affairs found new meanings on the ground. They interrogate the uses and understandings of 1989 in particular national contexts, often many years after the fact. Taken together, this volume asks how the fall of communism in Europe became the basis for revolutionary action around the world, proposing a paradigm shift in global thinking about revolution and protest.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Europe
ISBN : OCLC:896143115

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The Age of Revolution by Anonim Pdf

Author : Eric John Hobsbawm
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Europe
ISBN : OCLC:1341822079

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The Age of Revolution: Europe 1789 - 1848 by Eric John Hobsbawm Pdf

Hobsbawn traces the transformation brought about in every sphere of European life by the Dual Revolution - the 1789 French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution that originated in Britain.

Author : David S. Mason
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442205352

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A Concise History of Modern Europe by David S. Mason Pdf

Highlighting the most important events, ideas, and individuals that shaped modern Europe, A Concise History of Modern Europe provides a readable, succinct history of the continent from the Enlightenment and the French Revolution to the present day. Avoiding a detailed, lengthy chronology, the book focuses on key events and ideas to explore the causes and consequences of revolutions—be they political, economic, or scientific; the origins and development of human rights and democracy; and issues of European identity. Any reader needing a broad overview of the sweep of European history since 1789 will find this book, published in a first edition under the title Revolutionary Europe, an engaging and cohesive narrative.

Author : Charles Breunig
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Age of Revolution and Reaction 1789-1850 by Charles Breunig Pdf

Author : Kevin McDermott,Matthew Stibbe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2015-01-11
Category : Europe, Central
ISBN : 0719099986

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The 1989 Revolutions in Central and Eastern Europe by Kevin McDermott,Matthew Stibbe Pdf

This important book reassesses a defining historical, political and ideological moment in contemporary history: the 1989 revolutions in Central and Eastern Europe. Adopting a multi-disciplinary approach, the authors reconsider such crucial themes as the broader historical significance of the 1989 events, the complex interaction between external and internal factors in the origins and outcomes of the revolutions, the impact of the 'Gorbachev phenomenon', the West and the end of the Cold War, the political and socio-economic determinants of the revolutionary processes in Poland, Hungary, the German Democratic Republic, Czechoslovakia, Romania and Bulgaria, and the competing academic, cultural and ideological perceptions of the year 1989 as communism gave way to post-communist pluralism in the 1990s and beyond. Concluding that the contentious term 'revolution' is indeed apt for the momentous developments in eastern Europe in 1989, this book will be essential reading for undergraduates, postgraduates and specialists alike.

Author : E. J. Hobsbawm
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0758161468

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The Age of Revolution by E. J. Hobsbawm Pdf

Author : Reinhard Rürup
Publisher : Berg 3pl
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2000-09
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015049736633

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The Problem of Revolution in Germany, 1789-1989 by Reinhard Rürup Pdf

Until very recently Germany has frequently been characterized as the 'country without revolution', and the catastrophies of its recent history have been attributed to the lack of successful modernizing impulses. This series of essays by leading German scholars explores the effects of revolutions upon German history from 1789 to 1989 - the date of Germany's 'peaceful revolution' - and discusses the fundamental questions of reform and revolution, the effects of war, counter-revolution and defeat on the social process of modernization. The book not only examines the revolutions of 1789, 1848, 1918 and 1989, but equally focuses on the great reform periods, the 'revolutions from above'. It analyzes the significance of World War I for revolutionizing German society, the nature of the 'national-socialist revolution', and the effects of the 1945 defeat on new beginnings in a divided Germany. It offers, on the basis of up-to-date research, stimulating debates about fundamental problems of German history.The authors count among the leading German scholars of their generation, including Peter Brandt, Rüdiger Hachtmann, Jürgen Kocka, Wolfgang Kruse, Hans Mommsen, Hans-Ulrich Wehler and Heinrich-August Winkler.

Author : Ehrhard Bahr,Thomas P. Saine
Publisher : Garland Science
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : 0815311443

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The Internalized Revolution by Ehrhard Bahr,Thomas P. Saine Pdf

First published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Tom Gallagher
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317684534

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Outcast Europe: The Balkans, 1789-1989 by Tom Gallagher Pdf

Examining two centuries of Balkan politics, from the emergence of nationalism to the retreat of Communist power in 1989, this is the first book to systematically argue that many of the region's problems are external in origin. A decade of instability in the Balkan states of southeast Europe has given the region one of the worst images in world politics. The Balkans has become synonymous with chaos and extremism. Balkanization, meaning conflict arising from the fragmentation of political power, is a condition feared across the globe. This new text assesses the key issues of Balkan politics, showing how the development of exclusive nationalism has prevented the region’s human and material resources from being harnessed in a constructive way. It argues that the proximity of the Balkans to the great powers is the main reason for instability and decline. Britain, Russia, Austria-Hungary, France and finally the USA had conflicting ambitions and interests in the region. Russia had imperial designs before and after the 1917 Revolution. The Western powers sometimes tolerated these or encouraged undemocratic local forces to exercise control in order to block further Soviet expansion. Leading authority Tom Gallagher examines the origins of these Western prejudices towards the Balkans, tracing the damaging effects of policies based on Western lethargy and cynicism, and reassesses the negative image of the region, its citizens, their leadership skills and their potential to overcome crucial problems.

Author : Robert Darnton
Publisher : Baylor University Press
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015024809413

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What was Revolutionary about the French Revolution? by Robert Darnton Pdf

Darnton offers a reasoned defense of what the French revolutionaries were trying to achieve and urges us to look beyond political events to understand the idealism and universality of their goals.