Europe and the Making of Modernity: 1815-1914

by Robin W. Winks and Joan Neuberger

Book Overview

Europe and the Making of Modernity, 1815-1914 is a clear and engaging chronicle of the political, economic, social, and cultural changes that transformed Europe during the nineteenth century. An introduction neatly summarizes the major issues and events of the French Revolution, while a sweeping narrative takes readers from the Congress of Vienna to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand at Sarajevo. Employing the latest research, the book...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195156226
• ISBN13: 9780195156225
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

If you teach Euro or want to REALLY learn it...

...this is an INVALUABLE book. It covers all of A SPRITE (artistic, social, political, religious, intellectual, technological, and economic), provides stories, primary documents and great pictures and charts, and is a pretty easy read. But please note I didn't say it was an ENJOYABLE read. It is a truly academic work, not written for mass, "fun" consumption. I read it to better prepare for teaching my AP Euro class and then had it on a grad school book list- it is a serious work. It is, at best, dry most of the time, but gets a great wealth of info across in a factual, not-editorialized way.