Bücher der Reihe New Approaches to European History

This clear and compelling account explains why, a century after its disappearance, the Habsburg Monarchy has never been more relevant, and how its multicultural, multinational experience and inclusive 'logic' was in many ways more relevant to our modernity than the nationalism that did so much to bring about its demise.

This book is a major survey of urbanization and the making of modern Europe from the mid-eighteenth century to the First World War. It explores the causes, course and consequences of the urban explosion Europe experienced during these years, linking urban growth to industrialization, migration, and the growth of colonial empires.

This book is a major history of the dramatic changes in the daily family lives of poor European women in the nineteenth century. Rachel Fuchs powerfully conveys the difficulties facing women. This accessible synthesis will be essential reading for students of gender studies, urban history and social and family history.

This book provides a unique and lively discussion of Protestant everyday culture across Europe.

Part of the New Approaches to European History series, this 2001 title provides an inter-disciplinary study of the rise of 'the public' in eighteenth-century Europe. James Melton's lucid and accessible account will be of interest to students of social and political history, literary studies, political theory, and the history of women.

This is the first attempt to provide a concise, accessible and comprehensible account of Christian belief and practice between 1684 and 1789. Focusing on policy, it offers students a region-by-region guide to churches in Europe and presents them in their political, social and intellectual context.

This study provides an accessible and authoritative account of poverty and deviance during the early modern period, informed by those perspectives on the role of the poor themselves in the provision of welfare services characteristic of much recent social history.

Analytical and thematic account of a colourful period in Russian history accessible to undergraduates of European and Russian history, as well as to the non-specialist reader. Covers Russia's political, social, cultural and intellectual life during its emergence as a great power.

This textbook deals with the history of work in general and of artisans in particular in Europe from 1300 to 1914. It focuses on many aspects of artisan culture, including economic and guild life, and it also discusses social, rebellious, ceremonial and leisure experience.

This book, first published in 2003, offers students an accessible and succinct summary of key developments in the confrontation between the Churches and the Enlightenment. The text is supported by illuminating illustrations, maps, and a helpful glossary; it will be of key interest to students of religious history and the French Revolution.

A pioneering social and cultural history of sexuality in Europe from the Renaissance through the Enlightenment. Ideas about fertility, love, affection, sin, health, disease, criminality, and deviancy changed dramatically in this period and Katherine Crawford shows how these changes produced the conditions in which modern notions of sexuality were developed.

This is a revised and updated edition of a highly acclaimed history of the early modern Habsburg monarchy. This new edition underlines the importance of Habsburg history in more recent events, and remains the most comprehensive and authoritative introduction to the Habsburg story.

This new edition of Wiesner-Hanks's prize-winning survey has been thoroughly updated with significant changes designed to reflect the newest scholarship in every chapter. Global issues have been threaded fully throughout the book. As the leading text on women and gender in Europe, this remains essential reading for all students.

Marking the thirtieth anniversary of the revolutions of 1989, this original and wide-ranging study places the transformation of Eastern Europe in a global context, providing new perspectives on the relationship between globalisation and the collapse of communism in the late twentieth century, and the rise of populism in the twenty-first.

This invaluable introduction to the history of childhood in both Western and Eastern Europe c.1700-2000 seeks to give a voice to children as well as adults, wherever possible. It addresses a number of key topics, including conceptions of childhood, ideas about family life, culture, welfare, schooling, and work.

The second edition of The World of Catholic Renewal offers an updated synthesis of the scholarship on the history of Catholicism from the middle of the sixteenth century to the eighteenth century. Professor Hsia has added a chapter on The Catholic Book and updated the bibliography.

Providing an overview of the Russian Revolution from February 1917 to the victory of Lenin and the Bolsheviks in the October Revolution, Rex A. Wade explores the role of political, cultural and economic issues alongside the social history of the Revolution and the growth of ethnic separatism in the Ukraine and elsewhere.

New third edition of this acclaimed accessible overview of the Enlightenment, with a new chapter and guidance on further research.

This book explores the impact of the First World War on Imperial Germany and examines military aspects of the conflict, as well as the diplomacy, politics, and industrial mobilization of wartime Germany. Including maps, tables, and illustrations, it also offers a rich portrait of life on the home front - the war's pervasive effects on rich and poor, men and women, young and old, farmers and city-dwellers, Protestants, Catholics, and Jews. It analyzes the growing burdens of war and the translation of hardship into political opposition. The new edition incorporates the latest scholarship and expands the coverage of military action outside Europe, military occupation, prisoners of war, and the memory of war. This survey represents the most comprehensive history of Germany during the First World War. It will be of interest to all students of German and European history, as well as the history of war and society.

This masterful synthesis provides a much-needed, complete survey of European colonialism from 1700 to decolonization in the twentieth century. Written by an award-winning author, this advanced undergraduate and graduate level textbook bridges, for the first time, the early modern Atlantic empires and the later Asian and African empires of 'high imperialism'. Viewing colonialism as a phenomenon of contact between Europe and the rest of the world, the author takes an 'entangled histories' approach, considering the surprising ways in which the imperial powers of Spain, Portugal, Great Britain, France and the Netherlands displayed their identities in colonial settings, as much as in their imperial capitals. The author illuminates for students the common themes of colonial government, economic development and cultural contact across empires, and reveals the ways in which these themes played out, through contrast of the differing development, structure and impact of each empire.

A major new history of European women's professional activities and organizational roles during the period 1789 to 1914. Detailing women's accomplishments from England to Russia, Linda L. Clark examines what women could and could not do if they sought activity, purpose, or recognition beyond their own homes.

The updated edition of Charles Nauert's classic account includes a section dealing with the place of women in humanistic culture and an updated bibliography, It charts the rise of humanism as the distinctive culture of the social, political and intellectual elites in Renaissance Europe.

France and the Great War tells the story of how the French community embarked upon, sustained, and in some ways prevailed in the Great War. This lively and accessible 2003 book blends together diplomatic, military, social, cultural and economic history. All students of the Great War will find this book invaluable.

The Ottoman Empire was one of the most important non-Western states to survive from medieval to modern times, and played a vital role in European and global history. It continues to affect the peoples of the Middle East, the Balkans and central and western Europe to the present day. This new survey examines the major trends during the latter years of the empire; it pays attention to gender issues and to hotly-debated topics such as the treatment of minorities. In this second edition, Donald Quataert has updated his lively and authoritative text, revised the bibliographies, and included brief biographies of major figures on the Byzantines and the post Ottoman Middle East. This accessible narrative is supported by maps, illustrations and genealogical and chronological tables, which will be of help to students and non-specialists alike. It will appeal to anyone interested in the history of the Middle East.

This is the 2005 second edition of a comprehensive study of the French wars of religion. Focusing on the social history of religion, it argues that this conflict was fomented by religious tensions among the population at large. The text has been updated and the 'Suggestions for further reading' entirely re-written.

This book is the first comprehensive history of the European nobility between the Renaissance and the French Revolution. Designed to introduce students and non-specialists to the subject, it explains all the principal themes and problems in an authoritative and accessible manner.

Reaching from the Atlantic to Ukraine, from the Baltic to the Mediterranean, the revolutions of 1848 brought millions of people across the European continent into political life. Nationalist aspirations, social issues and feminist demands coming to the fore in the mid-century revolutions would reverberate in continental Europe until 1914 and beyond. Yet the new regimes established then proved ephemeral, succumbing to counter-revolution. In this second edition, Jonathan Sperber has updated and expanded his study of the European Revolutions between 1848-1851. Emphasizing the socioeconomic background to the revolutions, and the diversity of political opinions and experiences of participants, the book offers an inclusive narrative of the revolutionary events and a structural analysis of the reasons for the revolutions' ultimate failure. A wide-reaching conclusion and a detailed bibliography make the book ideal both for classroom use and for a general reader wishing a better knowledge of this major historical event.

This clear, accessible and engaging book offers students a broad-ranging survey of violence in western Europe from the Reformation to the French Revolution. Topics covered include the role of the state in controlling violence; interpersonal violence; violence and its impact on women; infanticide; and rioting.

This lucid and accessible book examines Ottoman relations with Europe in Early Modern times. The Ottoman Empire has consistently been regarded a place apart, divided from the West by culture and religion. This new study argues the Ottoman Empire slowly became part of Europe physically, institutionally and psychologically as well.