European Integration, 1950-2003: Superstate or New Market Economy?

By John Gillingham and John R. Gillingham

Book Overview

Integration is the most significant European historical development in the past fifty years, eclipsing in importance even the collapse of the USSR. This movement toward economic and political union has not only helped revive, transform and rejuvenate a battered civilization; it is opening the way to a promising future. Yet, until now, no satisfactory explanation is to be found in any single book as to why integration is significant, how it originated and has developed, how it has changed and continues to change Europe, and where it is headed. John Gillingham is a professor of history at the University of Missouri, St. Louis. His fields of research include European economic and cultural history as well as the history of international organizations. His book Coal, Steel and the Rebirth of Europe, 1945-1955(Cambridge, 1991) was awarded the prestigious George Lewis Beer Prize by the American Historical Association. In addition to two edited volumes and approximately fifty published articles, Gillingham is the author of Industry and Politics in the Third Reich (Columbia, 1985) and Belgian Business in the Nazi New Order (Ghent, 1977). Gillingham has been the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Woodrow Wilson Center, and elsewhere.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521012627
• ISBN13: 9780521012621
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A masterwork by the master

Mr. Gillingham is the most informed and erudite American scholar in regards to the EU. Well done.

I haven't even read the book

But my review will still change the rating. BWA HA HA.

An interesting view of European Integration

Unlike the last reviewer who had to review this work three times to air his/her views on this work, I will only need one. The author is extremely precise in his wording, and very knowledgeable with the subject matter presented. The book is a pleasure to read, and a great addition to the library of anyone with an avid interest in Europe.