(Ebook) Themes in Modern European History since 1945 by Rosemary Wakeman (editor) ISBN 9780415219877, 9780203930083, 0415219876, 0203930088

(Ebook) Themes in Modern European History since 1945 by Rosemary Wakeman (editor) ISBN 9780415219877, 9780203930083, 0415219876, 0203930088

This collection explores the most important transformations and upheavals of post-1945 Europe in the light of current scholarship. Twelve chapters consider key political, cultural and economic changes of an era that needs re-evalutaion and reconsideration from a historical perspective. Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Chronology; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Divided Europe; 2 The collapse of world dominion; 3 The golden age of prosperity, 1953-73; 4 Social class and social change in postwar Europe; 5 Changing margins in postwar European politics; 6 European mass culture in the media age; 7 The boundaries of the avant-garde; 8 The Central and Eastern European Revolution, 1989-2000; 9 The politics of European unification; 10 European economic integration; Index