books about: 1871-1914     books:       Great Power Diplomacy: 1814-19142 reviews Norman Rich McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 1991 European History at its finest This is truly one of the best textbooks I have ever read and I would even recommend it for popular consumption. Rich writes very clearly and in excellent detail talks about how the great powers of Europe interacted. He covers the period from the congress of Vienna to the start of World War 1. Some of the major issues he touches upon are the Crimean war, rise of Germany and unification of ...             The Origins for World War One, 1871-1914 Joachim Remak Harcourt, 1995 Appropriate for courses in Western civilization surveys, modern Europe, and twentieth-century Europe, this text examines in detail the origins of the first world war. An ideal supplementary text, it is concise, readable, and offers a combination of traditional and diplomatic history with the historical controversy of the origin of the First World War. Thoroughly revised and accessible, the second edition represents a most up-to-date treatment ...             History of Germany, 1780-1918: The Long Nineteenth Century (Blackwell Classic Histories of Europe)2 reviews David Blackbourn Wiley-Blackwell, 2002 The news that really mattered for a change A tremendously competent piece of research, which portrays and measures wave after wave of social change. For example Blackbourn shows the rise of women in public service vocations, which quickly surpassed the numbers of clergymen or members of religious orders. By the 1880s and 90s their efforts generated whole new industries in previously unvalued "welfare" work -- mother and child welfare, ...             European Imperialism, 1860-1914 (Studies in European History) Andrew Porter Palgrave Macmillan, 1996 This concise and penetrating study surveys the growth of European intervention in areas outside Europe between 1860 and 1914. Its subject is 'imperialism' as a process of increasing contact, influence, and control, rather than discussion of existing empires or the nature and consequences of colonial rule.             Marcel Proust: A Life6 reviews William C. Carter Yale University Press, 2000 Aa readable and sensitive biography This is a dangerous book. If you have not read In Search of Lost Time in all of its infamous 3000 pages and you pick up this book, beware. Chances are, like me, you will find yourself juggling this great biography, Vol 1. of the Search, and Roger Shattuck's Proust's "Way, A guide to In Search of Lost Time" all at the same time. Carter's biography is the first comprehensive one in 40 years ...             The Tale of the Next Great War, 1871-1914: Fictions of Future Warfare and Battles Still-To-Come1 review Syracuse University Press, 1996 The Germans (French, Russians, etc.) are coming! Prepare! This book is an excellent sampling of the new genre of science fiction that evolved during the run-up to the Great War. I.F. Clarke's fascinating introduction and notes are alone worth the price of the book. He gives a sprightly and informative review of how the "Future War" tale evolved in the wake of the shocking rapid victory of newly unified Germany over France in 1870. This first of the ...             Origins of the First World War: Revised 3rd Edition (3rd Edition) (Seminar Studies in History Series) Gordon Martel Longman, 2008             The Vertigo Years: Europe 1900-19143 reviews Philipp Blom Basic Books, 2008 The Vertigo Years from 1900 to the outbreak of World War I were a dizzying time in European culture My dictionary defines "vertigo" as a state of dizzy disorientation. Think the film "Vertigo" directed by Alfred Hitchcok in 1958. In the excellent history book under review in this article we see Professor Philippe Blom of Vienna dissect European society during the last 15 years of the long "nineteenth century" world prior to the holocaust of World War I. Blom devotes one chapter to each of ...             Imperial Germany 1871-1918 (The Short Oxford History of Germany) Oxford University Press, USA, 2008 The German Empire was founded in January 1871 not only on the basis of Chancellor Otto von Bismarck's "blood and iron" policy but also with the support of liberal nationalists. Under Bismarck and Kaiser Wilhelm II, Germany became the dynamo of Europe. Its economic and military power were pre-eminent; its science and technology, education, and municipal administration were the envy of the world; and its avant-garde artists reflected the ferment ...             Helmuth von Moltke and the Origins of the First World War (New Studies in European History) Annika Mombauer Cambridge University Press, 2005 Mombauer's bias Students of WW1 should keep a few things in mind when reading Mombauer. Annike Mombauer swallows hook, line, and sinker, the Fischer absurdity that Germany started WW1 for the purpose of "securing for Germany a position of dominance both within Europe and ultimately world-wide." For this reason, according to Mombauer, Germany chose to attack an enemy which was superior in virtually every ...             Barricades and Borders: Europe 1800-1914 (Short Oxford History of the Modern World)4 reviews Robert Gildea Oxford University Press, USA, 2003 Very Good Book I used this book for my class on Nineteenth Century Europe. We started in 1815 following the fall of Napoleon and ended on the verge of World War I. This is a very good book and it covers all the information on this very critical time period in European History. The Nineteenth Century came after the French Revolution and before the First World War and was much different from both the 18th and ...             Europe 1783-1914 Martin Jones Routledge, 2000 Europe, 1783-1914 is an accessible history of Europe from the advent of the French Revolution to the origins of the First World War, covering political, economic, and social aspects of the period. Each chapter is structured with concise backgrounds to events including tables of key dates, a selection of primary documents and questions to test current interpretations of important themes, and a guide to further reading. Highly illustrated with ...             The March to the Marne: The French Army 1871-19141 review Douglas Porch Cambridge University Press, 2003 Brief against the Republic Dr. Porch's (now Professor at Naval Postgraduate School, CA) revisionist and important book examining the history of the French Army under the Third Republic (1871-1914) was originally published in 1981 and has been finally released in paperback. The book primarily sets out to trace the etiology of the disastrous performance of the French Army in 1914 (2.5 million casualties in opening 15 months ...             Modern Italy, 1871 to the Present (3rd Edition) (Longman History Of Italy) Martin Clark Longman, 2008 This classic textbook covers the social, economic and political history of Italy from unification in 1870 to the present time. This new edition brings students right up to date, with increased coverage of the the 1980's and 90's and a new section on the turbulent reign of Silvio Berlusconi. Other changes include updating the coverage of Liberal Italy and Fascism in the light of recent scholarship and changes in historiographical approach, ...             Germany and the Two World Wars Andreas Hillgruber Harvard University Press, 2005 One of the most hotly disputed topics in twentieth-century history has been Germany's share of responsibility--its "guilt"--for the outbreak of the two world wars. In this short, penetrating study, Europe's leading authority on German power politics clarifies the dispute and offers insight into this central question about modern Germany.              search for books 1780-1918, 1783-1914, 1800-1914, 1814-1914, 1860-1914, 1871-1914, 1871-1918, 1900-1914, barricades, battles, blackwell, borders, century, diplomacy, edition, european, fictions, helmuth, histories, imperial, imperialism, longman, nineteenth, present, revised, seminar, still-to-come, studies, vertigo, warfare books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: Apartment Therapy Presents: Real Homes, Real People, Hundreds of Design ... we recommend The Germans (French, Russians, etc.) are coming! Prepare! leave a comment home  impressum - about us