New Europe
Title | New Europe PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Palin |
Publisher | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2024-04-18 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9781474625784 |
'For most of my lifetime, half of my own continent had been chilled by a Cold War and concealed behind an Iron Curtain. Now there was the prospect of being able to travel through once-forbidden lands; of making a voyage of discovery on my very own doorstep . . .' In New Europe, Michael Palin embarks on a very different kind of adventure: a journey around the Europe he has never known. Along the way he meets Romanian lumberjacks, celebrates the summer solstice in Latvia and takes in some traditional olive oil wrestling in Turkey. This is an unmissable odyssey through twenty different countries from one of our most beloved travel writers.
The Birth of a New Europe
Title | The Birth of a New Europe PDF eBook |
Author | Theodore S. Hamerow |
Publisher | UNC Press Books |
Total Pages | 455 |
Release | 2016-08-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1469619598 |
Between the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars and the outbreak of the First World War, Europe underwent a transformation unparalleled in its history. No comparable degree of change had occurred on the Continent since the New Stone Age. Theodore Hamerow examines the innovations that challenged nineteenth-century Europe, using a perspective that transcends events that occurred within national boundaries. He brings together political, social, diplomatic, and national developments to demonstrate how they relate to the profound transformations brought about by the industrial revolution. Using a wealth of statistics and other documentation to buttress insightful generalizations, Hamerow broadly appraises the implications of the shift in Europe from an agricultural to an industrial society. Among the subjects he considers are the rise of the middle and working classes, the spread of literacy and the enfranchisement of the masses, the growth of urban centers of manufacture and trade, the acquisition of colonies, the spread of military technologies, and the changes in the functions of governments.
Old Europe, New Europe, Core Europe
Title | Old Europe, New Europe, Core Europe PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel Levy |
Publisher | Verso Books |
Total Pages | 260 |
Release | 2020-05-05 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1789602572 |
Shortly after the hostilities of the Iraq War were declared to have come to an end, the renowned philosopher Jurgen Habermas, with the endorsement of Jacques Derrida, published a manifesto invoking the notion of a "core Europe," distinct from both the British and the "new" European candidates for EU membership, and defined above all by its secular, Enlightenment and social-democratic traditions. A key component of the manifesto was its insistence on the need for a counterweight to the perceived influence of the US, a theme that also resonates in recent discussions about the establishment of a European military force outside the command structures of NATO. On the same weekend in May 2003, a number of other leading intellectuals, among them Umberto Eco, Gianni Vattimo and Richard Rorty, published essays addressing these themes in major European newspapers, and almost immediately responses to these essays began to appear. The writings sparked a lively debate about the nature of "Europe" and transatlantic relations that reverberates through contemporary discussion. This volume provides readers in the Anglophone world the opportunity to gain access to the debate. As the fallout from the Iraq war continues to rumble and EU expansion continues apace, this is compelling reading for anyone interested in the future of Europe and the transatlantic alliance.
Human Rights in the New Europe
Title | Human Rights in the New Europe PDF eBook |
Author | David P. Forsythe |
Publisher | U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | 304 |
Release | 1994-01-01 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9780803219908 |
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A New Europe, 1918-1923
Title | A New Europe, 1918-1923 PDF eBook |
Author | Bartosz Dziewanowski-StefaĆczyk |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 251 |
Release | 2022-03-03 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1000543951 |
This set of essays introduces readers to new historical research on the creation of the new order in East-Central Europe in the period immediately following 1918. The book offers insights into the political, diplomatic, military, economic and cultural conditions out of which the New Europe was born. Experts from various countries take into account three perspectives. They give equal attention to both the Western and Eastern fronts; they recognise that on 11 November 1918, the War ended only on the Western front and violence continued in multiple forms over the next five years; and they show how state-building after 1918 in Central and Eastern Europe was marked by a mixture of innovation and instability. Thus, the volume focuses on three kinds of narratives: those related to conflicts and violence, those related to the recasting of civil life in new structures and institutions, and those related to remembrance and representations of these years in the public sphere. Taking a step towards writing a fully European history of the Great War and its aftermath, the volume offers an original approach to this decisive period in 20th-century European history.
Immigration and Politics in the New Europe
Title | Immigration and Politics in the New Europe PDF eBook |
Author | Gallya Lahav |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 351 |
Release | 2004-04-22 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1107320461 |
With almost a quarter of the world's migrants, Europe has been attempting to regulate migration and harmonize immigration policy at the European level. The central dilemma exposed is how liberal democracies can reconcile the need to control the movement of people with the desire to promote open borders, free markets and liberal standards. Gallya Lahav's book traces ten years of public opinion and elite attitudes toward immigration cross-nationally to show how and why increasing EU integration may not necessarily lead to more open immigration outcomes. Empirical evidence reveals that support from both elite and public opinion has led to the adoption of restrictive immigration policies despite the requirements of open borders. Unique in bringing together original data on European legislators and national elites, longitudinal data on public opinion and institutional and policy analyses, this 2004 study provides an important insight into the processes of European integration, and globalization more broadly.
Education for the New Europe
Title | Education for the New Europe PDF eBook |
Author | Dietrich Benner |
Publisher | Campus Verlag |
Total Pages | 200 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 9781571810748 |
Papers from the March 1994 German Association for Educational Research annual congress explore issues in education and training in post- Maastricht Europe. Subjects include Hungarian adolescents of the 1990s; attitudes and values among young people in Europe; school reform in the early years in the Soviet occupation zone of Germany; challenges to the Spanish education system since 1970; and the state of research into economic education from a French perspective. No index. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR