Themes In Modern European History Since 1945

Description: This collection explores the most important transformations and upheavals of post-1945 Europe in the light of recent scholarship. Twelve chapters consider key political, cultural and economic changes of an era that needs reevalutaion and reconsideration from a historical perspective. Themes in Modern European History is structured around recent theoretical debates on the postwar. 1945 up to 1973 saw unprecedented economic growth in the 'golden age' of prosperity, and it witnessed a social flux that dramatically transformed the fabric of European society. After 1989, Europe grappled with the East European revolutions and faced the challenge of reintegrating the continent after 75 years of partition and conflict. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, the concept of 'European civilization' remains ambiguous. Table of Contents: 1. Introduction Rosemary Wakeman 2. Divided Europe: The long postwar, 1945-1989 Steven Morewood 3. The collapse of world dominion: the dismantling of the European colonial empires and its impact on Europe Jean Jacques Jordi 4. The golden age of prosperity, 1953-1973 Rosemary Wakeman 5. Social class and social change in postwar Europe Don Kalb 6. Changing margins in postwar European politics Michael Hanagan 7. European mass culture in the media age 8. The boundaries of the avant-garde Simon Sadler 9. The Central and Eastern European revolution, 1989-2000 Ivan T. Berend 10. The politics of European unification Robert H. Lieshout 11. European economic integration: from business cycle to business cycle Wim Meeusen