{"product_id":"nineteenthcentury-europe-9780745643601","title":"NineteenthCentury Europe","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA brief history of one of the most vibrant periods of European culture. Connects European culture of the period, including literature, art and philosophy, to broader themes of industrialisation, commercialisation and empire. Written in a very fluid and readable style and brings in a wealth of cultural examples.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A very readable and insightful introduction.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEuropean History Quarterly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\"Nineteenth-Century Europe's reworking of familiar textbook themes in the light of recent cultural history will doubtless win it a place on many reading lists.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnglish Historical Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"[Hannu's] survey manages to compress a good range of concisely expressed insights into its limited compass. Among the most noteable features are its astute use of literary quotation and its consistent concern with the differences between male and female perceptions of the social and intellectual developments at issue ... it is also enlived by what most anglophone readers will encounter as some refreshingly unfamiliar citations of Finnish evidence.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This concise but wide-ranging essay on the cultural history of nineteenth-century Europe is lucid, fluent, and written in an attractive, personal way, illustrating many arguments from well-known works of literature. The author's recurrent use of Finnish examples offers something new to readers from other parts of Europe.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePeter Burke, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Cambridge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Hannu Salmi's ambitious, brilliantly synthesized book on the innumerable cultural histories that constitute nineteenth-century Europe is to be recommended to specialists and non-specialists alike. Above all, its cosmopolitanism, and its vital attention to everyday lives as well as to the world-historical events that ultimately motivate them, make it an indispensable, and highly readable, introduction to this important field of scholarship.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMatthew Beaumont, \u003ci\u003eUniversity College, London\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This book is a thoughtful, well written and clear alternative to the standard textbook treatment of nineteenth century Europe. Unified in its vision, instead of the grand political narrative, it offers a rich survey of the perceptions and meanings that Europeans developed to make sense of a changing world. Salmi uses popular fiction of the day particularly well to illustrate his themes of modernization and its attendant anxieties.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eLenard R. Berlanstein, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements vi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Industrialization: Economy and Culture 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Faustian Man: A Society in Motion 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 From the Cult of Genius to Worship of Art 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 On the Cultural History of Nationalism 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 A Century of Family and Home: Daily Routines and Country Excursions 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Baudelaire in the Department Store: Urban Living and Consumption 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Breakthrough of Mechanical Reproduction 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Colonial Culture and European Identity 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 \u003ci\u003eFin de Siècle\u003c\/i\u003e: The End of a Century 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Conclusion: ‘Things to Come’ 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 184\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037644259671,"sku":"9780745643601","price":15.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745643601.jpg?v=1750936646","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/nineteenthcentury-europe-9780745643601","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}