A01=Philipp Blom
Author_Philipp Blom
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democratisation
early twentieth century Europe
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Europe before WW1
European cultural
feminism
First World War
panorama of Europe
political and spiritual change
psychoanalysis
rise of a new world order
social
social history
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Product details
- ISBN 9780753825983
- Weight: 437g
- Dimensions: 155 x 217mm
- Publication Date: 03 Sep 2009
- Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Europe, early in the twentieth century: a world adrift, a pulsating era of creativity and contradictions. But did this era vanish in the trenches of the Somme, of Ypres, and of Passchendaele? Look closer and the more this world seems like ours: feminism, democratisation, commercial branding, genetics, consumerism and racism, radioactivity and psychoanalysis are all terms first used during this period. This was a time in which old certainties broke down and many people lost their bearings. At the heart of this vibrant Europe, was a contradiction that would cause its collapse: the new, modern world of mass production, urban life, technological warfare and a rapidly growing working class that was still ruled by men who preferred the image of dashing cavalry officers to the prosaic slaughter of the machine gun, and national mythology to political cohesion and democracy. The eventual scope of the catastrophe often obscures the fact that the great cultural divide in Europe's history lies before 1914. This book brings to life the immediacy of the lives and issues of this fascinating and flawed period.
Philipp Blom was born in Hamburg and trained as an historian in Vienna and Oxford. He is the author of TO HAVE AND TO HOLD a history of collectors and collecting and ENCYCLOPEDIA. He writes regularly for journals and newspapers in Europe and the United States. He lives in Vienna.
Visit Philipp Blom's website at www.philipp-blom.eu.
