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A concise history of modern Europe : liberty, equality, solidarity /
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| Format: | Printed Book |
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New Delhi:
Orient Blackswan Private Limited,
2012.
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| Online Access: | https://books.google.co.in/books?id=yQS_AAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=a+concise+history+of+modern+europe.&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1uX2VL-vEsvbuQSg1oDIAQ&ved=0CCMQ6wEwAQ#v=onepage&q=a%20concise%20history%20of%20modern%20europe.&f=false |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: change and tradition in Europe
- Timeline of European history
- The old regime and the Enlightenment
- The French Revolution and Napoleon
- The Industrial Revolution and the birth of capitalism
- 1848: the peoples' spring
- Marx, Marxism, and socialism
- Darwinism and Social Darwinism
- The unifications of Italy and Germany
- The age of imperialism and the scramble for Africa
- World War I
- The Russian Revolution and communism
- World War II and the Holocaust
- Europe divided, the Cold War, and decolonization
- 1989: the collapse of communism and the end of the Cold War
- The European Union: Europe united and free?