Europe East & West
(Sprache: Englisch)
Collected here for the first time are some of the numerous essays and lectures by Norman Davies, author of the bestselling and critically acclaimed "Europe, The Isles and Rising '44". Spanning over a decade and a half of his remarkably prodigious career,...
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Collected here for the first time are some of the numerous essays and lectures by Norman Davies, author of the bestselling and critically acclaimed "Europe, The Isles and Rising '44". Spanning over a decade and a half of his remarkably prodigious career, this highly accessible collection addresses many of the issues that continue to dominate the political and cultural climate of Europe today. In "Europe East and West", Davies argues for a comprehensive view that challenges Western stereotypes and no longer ignores the history and experience of Eastern Europe. He shows that the conventional exclusion of Central and Eastern Europe has led to serious shortcomings in our understanding of the most crucial episodes of European history, namely the Second World War. The essays collected in this volume confront prevalent distortions and prejudices; taken together, they also form a meditation on the art of history writing itself. From the classical origins of the idea of Europe to the division between East and West during the Cold War; from the Jewish and Islamic strands in European history to the expansion of Europe to other continents; from the misunderstood Allied victory in 1945 to Britain's place in Europe; from reflections on the use and abuse of history to personal recollections on learning languages - this companion volume to the bestselling Europe looks at European history from a variety of unusual and entertaining angles in an equally erudite and accessible way.
Autoren-Porträt von Norman Davies
Norman Davies, geb. 1939 in Bolton, Lancashire, ist Professor em. der Universität London, seit 1974 Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, seit 1996 Supernumery Fellow am Wolfson College, Oxford und Mitglied der Fakultät für Moderne Geschichte, Oxford University. Er hat zahlreiche Werke zur Geschichte Polens und Europas veröffentlicht.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Norman Davies
- 2007, XIV, 336 Seiten, mit Schwarz-Weiß-Abbildungen, Maße: 15,4 x 23,6 cm, Taschenbuch, Englisch
- Verlag: Minerva, London
- ISBN-10: 0712609504
- ISBN-13: 9780712609500
Sprache:
Englisch
Rezension zu „Europe East & West “
"All sorts of unsettling questions spring to mind, and the comforting, received versions of what happened in those years that some of us grew up with and grow old in, appear alarmingly wide of the mark."-"Spectator" Praise for "Europe: A History" Short-listed for the 1997 NCR Award "Books of real quality and importance are rare. Norman Davies's history of Europe is one of them."-"Financial Times" "A huge, heroic book . . . After Davies, it will never be possible to write a history of Europe in the old way again."-"London Review of Books"
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