Screen LibraryThinking Europe : a history of the European idea since 1800 /
"Presenting a new historical narrative on European integration and identity Thinking Europe: A History of the European Idea Since 1800 examines how the concept of Europe has been entangled in a dynamic and dramatic tension between calls for unity and arguments for borders and division. Through...
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| Published: |
Berghahn,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | 2023. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Making sense of history ;
volume 46 |
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| Summary: |
"Presenting a new historical narrative on European integration and identity Thinking Europe: A History of the European Idea Since 1800 examines how the concept of Europe has been entangled in a dynamic and dramatic tension between calls for unity and arguments for borders and division. Through an in-depth intellectual history of the idea of Europe, Mats Andren interrogates the concept of integration and more recent debates surrounding European identity across the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and the post-war period. Applying a broad range of original sources this unique work will be key reading for students and researchers studying European History, European Studies, Political History and related fields"-- |
| Carrier Form: | x, 354 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [309]-342) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781800735699 1800735693 |
| Index Number: | D299 |
| CLC: |
D750.9 K505 K504 |
| Call Number: | K504/A559 |
| Contents: | List of figures and tables -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I. Unity and Borders (1800-1914) -- Chapter 1. Dreaming of unity -- Chapter 2. Longing for borders -- Chapter 3. Looking for common ground -- Chapter 4. Performing communality -- Part II. Crisis and Decline (1914-1945) -- Chapter 5. Passage to a new Europe: the First World War -- Chapter 6. Fearing crisis -- Chapter 7. Organising for Europe -- Part III. Integration and identity (1945-) -- Chapter 8. Claiming European unity and a Europe of nations -- Chapter 9. Elevating European awareness -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index. |