A Companion to Modern European History: 1871-1945

Maps.

Contributors.

Introduction.

Part I: Society and the State.

1. Population: Patterns and Processes. (Michael Drake).

2. Prosperity and Depression: The International Economy. (Sidney Pollard).

3. The State and the Development of Social Welfare. (Rodney Lowe).

4. Leisure and Society in Europe, 1871-1945. (Lynn Abrams).

Part II: Political Movements and Ideologies.

5. Conservatism and Nationalism. (E. J. Feuchtwanger).

6. The Dilemmas of Liberalism. (Eugenio Biagini).

7. Socialist Parties and Policies. (Duncan Tanner).

8. The Rise of European Feminism. (Martin Pugh).

9. Revolutionary Europe. (James D. White).

10. European Fascism. (Richard Thurlow).

Part III: Diplomacy, Defence and War.

11. European Diplomacy, 1871-1914. (Keith Wilson).

12. European Imperialism, 1871-1945. (David Omissi).

13. The First World War as Total War. (Gerard J. DeGroot).

14. Warfare and National Defence. (David French).

15. Appeasement. (P. M. H. Bell).

16. The Second World War. (A. W. Purdue).

Chronology.

Biographies.

Guide to Further Reading.

Index.