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  • The Unsettling of Europe

    How Migration Reshaped a Continent

    by Peter Gatrell ...
    An acclaimed historian examines postwar migration's fundamental role in shaping modern EuropeMigration is perhaps the most pressing issue of our time, and it has completely decentered European politics in recent years. But as we consider the current refugee crisis, acclaimed historian Peter Gatrell reminds us that the history of Europe has always been one of people on the move.The end of World War ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Refugee Voices in Modern Global History

    Reckoning with Refugeedom

    by Peter Gatrell, Katarzyna Nowak, Lauren Banko, Anindita Ghoshal ...
    Across modern history, refugees have articulated their experiences and wishes against the backdrop of mass displacement brought about by world wars, civil war, revolution, population exchange, decolonisation, and state formation. Men and women displaced in different sites, from different backgrounds, and at different times have played for high stakes: they deliberated about what to say and to whom ... Read more

    $98.99 USD

  • Europe on the move

    Refugees in the era of the Great War

    Edited by Peter Gatrell, Liubov Zhvanko ...
    Series series Cultural History of Modern War
    Mass population displacement affected millions of Europe’s civilians across the different theatres of war in 1914–18. At the end of the war, a senior Red Cross official wrote ‘there were refugees everywhere. It was as if the entire world had to move or was waiting to move’. Europe on the move: r**efugees in the era of the Great War, 1912–23 is the first attempt to understand their experiences as a ... Read more

    $33.09 USD

  • Russia's First World War

    A Social and Economic History

    by Peter Gatrell ...
    The story of Russia’s First World War remains largely unknown, neglected by historians who have been more interested in the grand drama that unfolded in 1917. In Russia’s First World War: A Social and Economic History Peter Gatrell shows that war is itself ‘revolutionary’ – rupturing established social and economic ties, but also creating new social and economic relationships, affiliations, ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Necessary Travel

    New Area Studies and Canada in Comparative Perspective

    by Susan Hodgett, Abdelkarim Amengay, Colin Coates, Claude Denis, Peter Gatrell, Caroline Rosenthal, Christopher Sabatini, Mandy Sadan, Ibrahim A. I. Alfraih, Charles R. Batson0, Nicolas Albertoni Gomez1, Claus Bech Hansen2, Zahia Smail Salhi3, Stephen Hutchings4, Patrick James5 ...
    Recent, unpredictable incidents in diverse locations – Paris, Nice, Ankara, Sinai, California, Manchester and London – reinforce how governments and scholars must look beneath the surface for understanding of the turbulent post-9/11world. In particular, what does ‘expertise’ mean in this new era? This book answers that question? The volume is about a particular kind of expert – a type suffering ... Read more

    $93.19 USD

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  • The War of the World

    Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West

    by Niall Ferguson ...
    From the bestselling author of The Ascent of Money and The Square and the Tower"Even those who have read widely in 20th-century history will find fresh, surprising details." —The Boston Globe"A fascinating read, thanks to Ferguson's gifts as a writer of clear, energetic narrative history." —The Washington PostAstonishing in its scope and erudition, this is the magnum opus that Nia... ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Barbarism and Civilization

    A History of Europe in our Time

    by Bernard Wasserstein ...
    The twentieth century in Europe witnessed some of the most brutish episodes in history. Yet it also saw incontestable improvements in the conditions of existence for most inhabitants of the continent - from rising living standards and dramatically increased life expectancy, to the virtual elimination of illiteracy, and the advance of women, ethnic minorities, and homosexuals to greater equality of ... Read more

    $18.09 USD

  • The Shock of War

    Civilian Experiences, 1937-1945

    by Sean Kennedy ...
    Series Book 2 - International Themes and Issues
    In The Shock of War: Civilian Experiences, 1937-1945, Sean Kennedy shifts the reader's focus from the battlefields of the Second World War to the civilian experience. This short yet comprehensive history complements existing studies of the war that document diplomatic and military operations. While many of these studies acknowledge the significance of the conflict for civilians, The Shock of War ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • The Lights that Failed

    European International History 1919-1933

    by Zara Steiner ...
    Series series Oxford History of Modern Europe
    The peace treaties represented an almost impossible attempt to solve the problems caused by a murderous world war. In The Lights that Failed: European International History 1919-1933, part of the Oxford History of Modern Europe series, Steiner challenges the common assumption that the Treaty of Versailles led to the opening of a second European war. In a radically original way, this book ... Read more

    $42.29 USD

  • The Origins of the First World War

    by William Mulligan ...
    Series Book 52 - New Approaches to European History
    A second edition of this leading introduction to the origins of the First World War and the pre-war international system. William Mulligan shows how the war was a far from inevitable outcome of international politics in the early twentieth century and suggests instead that there were powerful forces operating in favour of the maintenance of peace. He discusses key issues ranging from the military, ... Read more

    $33.69 USD

  • The Baltic Question during the Cold War

    Edited by John Hiden, Vahur Made, David J. Smith ...
    Series series Cold War History
    This edited volume presents a comprehensive analysis of the ‘Baltic question’, which arose within the context of the Cold War, and which has previously received little attention.This volume brings together a group of international specialists on the international history of northern Europe. It combines country-based chapters with more thematic approaches, highlighting above all the political ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Europe between Democracy and Dictatorship

    1900 - 1945

    by Conan Fischer ...
    Series Book 8 - Blackwell History of Europe
    Fischer offers a captivating analysis of Europe’s turbulent history during the first half of the twentieth century, from the optimism at the turn of the century to the successive waves of destruction of the First and Second World Wars.Written by a leading authority in this field, the book draws upon his areas of expertiseReflects the most recent scholarship in this period of historyWhile laying ... Read more

    $49.00 USD