000 01415cam a2200229 a 4500
999 _c1990
_d1990
020 _a9781442205338
040 _cCUS
082 0 0 _a940.28
_bMAS/C
100 1 _aMason, David S.
245 1 2 _aA concise history of modern Europe: liberty, equality, solidarity/
_cDavid S. Mason.
260 _aNew Delhi :
_bOrient Blackswan,
_cc2011.
300 _axviii, 229 p. :
_bill., maps ;
_c23 cm.
500 _aRev. ed. of: Revolutionary Europe, 1789-1989.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction: 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?
650 _aEurope
650 _aPolitics and government
942 _cWB16