{"product_id":"europes-postwar-periods-1989-1945-1918-writing-history-backwards-paperback","title":"Europe's Postwar Periods - 1989, 1945, 1918: Writing History Backwards - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMartin Conway\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003ePieter Lagrou\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eHenry Rousso\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book brings together world-renowned scholars from all over Europe to analyse how successive Europes have been constructed in the wake of the key conflicts of the period: the Cold War and the two World Wars. By regressively tracing Europe's path back to these pivotal moments as part of a unique methodology, \u003ci\u003eEurope's Postwar Periods - 1989, 1945, 1918\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the defining characteristics of these postwar periods and integrates the changes that followed 1989 into a more substantial historical perspective. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The author team address the crucial themes in recent European history on a chapter-by-chapter basis that gives comprehensive coverage to the whole of the European region for topics such as borders, states, empires, democracy, justice, markets and futures. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The volume highlights the fact that Europe was made less by wars than is commonly thought, and more by the nature of the settlements - international, national, political, economic and social - that followed the two World Wars and the Cold War. It is an important, innovative text for all students and scholars of 20th-century European history.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartin Conway\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Contemporary European History at the University of Oxford, UK. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sorrows of Belgium: Liberation and Political Reconstruction 1944-47\u003c\/i\u003e (2012), \u003ci\u003eCatholic Politics in Europe 1918-1945\u003c\/i\u003e (1997) and \u003ci\u003eCollaboration in Belgium\u003c\/i\u003e (1993). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePieter Lagrou\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of contemporary European history at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Legacy of Nazi Occupation: Patriotic Memory and National Recovery in Western Europe, 1945-1965\u003c\/i\u003e (1999). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eHenry Rousso\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Researcher at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique at the Institut d'histoire du temps présent, Paris, France. He coordinated the European Network on Contemporary History (EURHISTXX). He recently published \u003ci\u003eThe Latest Catastrophe: History, the Present, the Contemporary\u003c\/i\u003e (2016).\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 25, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51792219439392,"sku":"9781350170056","price":84.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a11709d9eedc359fc00c6baf8051ee98.webp?v=1780696644","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/europes-postwar-periods-1989-1945-1918-writing-history-backwards-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}