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Book SynopsisThis volume brings together a distinguished group of international scholars to discuss the major debates in the study of early twentieth-century Europe.
- Brings together contributions from a distinguished group of international scholars.
- Provides an overview of current thinking on the period.
- Traces the great political, social and economic upheavals of the time.
- Illuminates perennial themes, as well as new areas of enquiry.
- Takes a pan-European approach, highlighting similarities and differences across nations and regions.
Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors viii
Preface xiii
Maps xiv
Introduction: Europe in Agony, 1900–1945 xxi
Gordon Martel
Part I Continuity and Change; Forces and Movements 1
1 Urbanization, Poverty, and Crime 3
Paul Lawrence
2 The Revolution in Science 19
Cathryn Carson
3 Feminism: Women, Work, and Politics 35
June Hannam
4 Modernism 50
Robin Walz
5 The Cult of Youth 66
Elizabeth Harvey
6 Sexuality and the Psyche 82
Lesley A. Hall
7 The Economy 98
Peter Wardley
Part II Before the Deluge 117
8 Europe’s World: Power, Empire, and Colonialism 119
Woodruff D. Smith
9 Social Reform or Social Revolution? 135
Gary P. Steenson
10 Modernity: Approaching the Twentieth Century 150
Angela K. Smith
11 Politics: The Past and the Future 165
Peter Waldron
12 The Coming of War, 1914 180
Annika Mombauer
Part III World War I 195
13 August 1914: Public Opinion and the Crisis 197
David Welch
14 The War in the Trenches 213
Tim Travers
15 The War from Above: Aims, Strategy, and Diplomacy 228
Matthew Stibbe
16 The War and Revolution 243
Mark Baker
Part IV The Aftermath of War 259
17 Peacemaking after World War I 261
Alan Sharp
18 Demobilization and Discontent 277
James M. Diehl
19 The Socialist Experiment 292
William J. Chase
20 The Fascist Challenge 309
Martin Blinkhorn
21 Revisionism 326
Carole Fink
Part V The New Age 341
22 The Jazz Age 343
Thomas J. Saunders
23 The Nazi New Society 359
Dick Geary
24 The Popular Front 375
Michael Richards
25 The Strategic Revolution 391
Tami Davis Biddle
26 Hitler and the Origins of World War II 407
Anita J. Prazmowska
Part VI World War II 423
27 Grand Strategy and Summit Diplomacy 425
Michael Jabara Carley
28 The Real War 441
David French
29 The Home Fronts: Europe at War, 1939–1945 456
Nicholas Atkin
30 The Holocaust 472
David Engel
31 Memories of World War II and the Holocaust in Europe 487
Harold Marcuse
Bibliography 505
Index 539
