European General category: 8233 books
Fascist Voices
Essays from the 'Fascist Quarterly' 1936-1940 - Vol 1
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2019
Fascist Voices contains a unique and uncompromising collection of essays that appeared in Fascist Quarterly (later titled British Union Quarterly) during the turbulent 1930s. This publication was a bold attempt by the British Union of Fascists to counter the influence of the Left Book Club, by providing...
by Mary Fulbrook
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2004
This book provides a clear and informative guide to the twists and turns of German history from the early middle ages to the present day. The multi-faceted, problematic history of the German lands has provided a wide range of debates and differences of interpretation. Mary Fulbrook provides a crisp...
Danish Campaign of 1864
Recollections of an Austrian General Staff Officer
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2011
The war of 1864 between Austria and Prussia on the one side and Denmark on the other was short but important for European history. The two Germanic great powers combined to force a much weaker but intransigent Denmark to cede its two provinces of Schleswig and Holstein, which freed German territory...
States of Credit
Size, Power, and the Development of European Polities
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2011
States of Credit provides the first comprehensive look at the joint development of representative assemblies and public borrowing in Europe during the medieval and early modern eras. In this pioneering book, David Stasavage argues that unique advances in political representation allowed certain European...
Euro-Visions
Europe in Contemporary Cinema
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2016
European cinema not only occupies a dominant place in film history, it is also a field that has been raising more interest with the expanding work on the transnational. Euro-Visions asks what idea of Europe emerges, is represented and constructed by contemporary European film.
Adopting a broad...
On the Eve
The Jews of Europe Before the Second World War
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
On the Eve is the portrait of a world on the brink of annihilation. In this provocative book, Bernard Wasserstein presents a new and disturbing interpretation of the collapse of European Jewish civilization even before the Nazi onslaught.
In the 1930s, as Europe spiraled toward the Second World...
Sport and the Transformation of Modern Europe
States, media and markets 1950-2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
In the modern era, sport has been an important agent, and symptom, of the political, cultural and commercial pressures for convergence and globalization. In this fascinating, inter-disciplinary study, leading international scholars explore the making of modern sport in Europe, illuminating sport and...
The European Game
An Adventure to Explore Football on the Continent and its Methods for Success
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2017
The European Game is an adventure. Over three months Dan Fieldsend travelled the continent discovering the methods for success used at some of the biggest clubs in Europe, from Ajax and Juventus, to Feyenoord, Inter Milan, Bayern Munch, Benfica, Athletic Bilbao and many more. At each institution he...
Social Movement Studies in Europe
The State of the Art
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
Bringing together over forty established and emerging scholars, this landmark volume is the first to comprehensively examine the evolution and current practice of social movement studies in a specifically European context. While its first half offers comparative approaches to an array of significant...
by Dr Dean Vuletic
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2018
Postwar Europe and the Eurovision Song Contest examines how the Eurovision Song Contest has reflected and become intertwined with the history of postwar Europe from a political perspective.
Established in 1956, the Eurovision Song Contest is the world's largest popular music event and one of...
by Pavel Vasilyev
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2010
Essay from the year 2010 in the subject History Europe - Other Countries - Newer History, European Unification, grade: A-, University CEU San Pablo Madrid, language: English, abstract: At first glance, the historical Jews do not seem to have been a group that was determining the architectural, visual...
by Edward A. Freeman
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
This is a collection of lectures by respected historian Edward A. Freeman about European history dating back from before Roman times up until the modern era. Six lectures cover all of the history comprehensively over several periods.
by Various
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2015
Best Stories of the 1914 European War. This is a compilation of short anecdotes that cover World War I, told by soldiers who fought and other contemporaries who weren’t in combat. As a result, it’s an interesting and engaging look at what life was like during those fateful 4 years.
Strange Tales of an Oriental Idol
An Anthology of Early European Portrayals of the Buddha
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016
We tend to think that the Buddha has always been seen as the compassionate sage admired around the world today, but until the nineteenth century, Europeans often regarded him as a nefarious figure, an idol worshipped by the pagans of the Orient. Donald S. Lopez Jr. offers here a rich sourcebook of...