Anthony Sutcliffe

Economic and Social History of Western Europe since 1945, An (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

An introductory survey that sets out to explain why and how western Europe built up its postwar prosperity and is moving towards continental integration. Themes include:

• the origins of the EEC
• consumerism, youth culture and protest
• immigration
• the oil crisis and its aftermath
• the contrasting experience and expectations of the Nordic world and the Mediterranean south
• the consequences of Soviet collapse.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317892182
• Artikelnr.: 41692478

Autorenporträt

Anthony Sutcliffe

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. 1. The Reconstruction Challenge: Western Europe, 1945-c.1952. 2.
The Northern Industrial Core: Britain, France, and Germany 1945-c. 1960. 3.
Contrasts on the Fringe: The Nordic Countries and the Mediterranean South
1945-1960. 4. Towards the European Economic Union 1945-1995. 5. The Society
of Success: Consumerism, Youth Culture and Protest 1945-1970. 6. The New
Europeans: Immigration, Immigrants and Their Descendants. 7. The New
Climate of External Events: (1) The Oil Crisis, 1973, and (2) The Collapse
of European Communism, 1989-1991. 8. National Problems and Progress:
Germany, France and Britain since the 1960s. 9. The Benelux Countries:
Modernisation through Association, 1945-1995. 10. Progress and Problems on
the Western European Fringe since the 1960s. 11. Western European Society
since 1970. 12. Conclusion. Bibliography. Index.