Description
Book SynopsisOffering a broad introduction to the methodology and practice of transnational history, this work focuses on three defining moments of 20th century European history, when changes affected the whole of the continent.
Trade ReviewIt encourages us to transcend the framework of Cold War politics and assess the history of European politics in both East and West in diachronic perspective. Moreover, taken together, the essays provide snapshots into the contemporary history of notions and practices of "democracy" in Europe. . . . This stimulating volume should, therefore, serve as an incentive to explore in more detail the meanings of "democracy" in the whole of Europe since 1945.
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction Part 2 1945 Chapter 3 Recasting Democracy? Communist Parties Facing Change and Reconstruction in Post-War Europe Chapter 4 Window of Opportunities or trompe l'oeil? The Myth of Labor Unity in Western Europe after 1945 Chapter 5 Liberated Zones in Northern Italy and Southeastern France: The Cases of the Alto Tortonese and the Vercors Chapter 6 The Influence of Socialist Realism in Italy During the Immediate Postwar Period Part 7 1968 Chapter 8 "1968" and "The Cultural Revolution of the Long Sixties (c. 1958 - c. 1974)" Chapter 9 The Working Class Dimension Of "1968" Chapter 10 1968 East and West: Visions of Political Change and Student Protest from Across the Iron Curtain Chapter 11 Echoes of Provocation: "1968" and the Women's Movements in France and Germany Part 12 1989 Chapter 13 The Global Context of 1989 Chapter 14 The Development of a Green Opposition in Czechoslovakia: The Role of International Contacts Chapter 15 A Transcontinental Movement of Citizens? Strategic Debates in the 1980s Western Peace Movement Chapter 16 Opposition Networks and Transnational Diffusion in the Revolutions of 1989 Chapter 17 Bibliographic Essay
