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835 pages 22 cm This volume treats of two brief related epochs that might be described as the "grandeur" and the "decline" of Europe. The former covers the last three decades of the nineteenth century and the first decade of the twentieth. It was then that Europe seemingly climaxed its historical evolution with world supremacy in industrial production, military might and imperial domination, and with phenomenal progress in wealth and social betterment, in democracy and education, in the arts and sciences Includes bibliographical references Industrial foundations of contemporary Europe -- Preeminence of Great Britain -- The democratic nations of western Europe -- Nationalistic central Europe and the anomalous empires of eastern Europe -- A new age of materialism -- "Modernism" in art and religion -- European dominance of the world -- Political and military disturbances, 1901-1913 -- World War I, 1914-1918 -- The Paris peace settlement, 1919-1920 -- Seeming triumph of democracy and national self-determination -- Contemporary cultural changes -- Rise of totalitarian dictatorships -- Totalitarian aggression, 1930-1939 -- World War II, 1939-1945 -- The United Nations and aggressive comm

Author

Hayes, Carlton J. H. (Carlton Joseph Huntley), 1882-1964

Publisher

New York, Macmillan

Published

1958

Language

EN