Europe's Long Century : Society, Politics, and Culture, 1900-Present
ISBN: 9780199778508 | 0199778507
Edition: 1stFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 11/14/2012
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The twentieth century has been interpreted as a short century marked by extremes. According to this view, the century lasted only from 1914 to 1989 or 1991. These dates coincide with the rise and fall of communism that came to power in Russia in 1917 and ended with the fall of the Berlin wall (1989) or that of the Soviet Union (1991). Thus, the concept of a short century is unduly influenced by a Cold War perspective. InEurope's Long Century, Spencer Di Scala presents an alternative view that will be more helpful to undergraduate history studen... MORE
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Maps
List of Abbreviations
INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS EUROPE?
Europe as a Cultural Conception
The Idea of Europe and Christianity
The European Ideal Becomes Secularized
Hegemony versus Consensus
The Ideal of Unity between the Two World Wars
The European Concept during the Late Twentieth Century
A Post-Cold War Perspective
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY
PART ONE: THE EUROPEAN AGE
1. DECEMBER 14, 1900
The Twentieth Ce... MORE
Spencer Di Scala is Professor of History and past graduate program director at University of Massachusetts Boston. He is the author of several books, including Italy from Revolution to Republic (2009), European Political Thought: 1815-1989 (1998), Italian Socialism Between Politics and History (1996), and Renewing Italian Socialism: Nenni to Craxi (OUP, 1988).
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