Richard J Evans
Author
Series
Penguin history of Europe volume 7
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Examines the century between the fall of Napoleon and the outbreak of World War I, discussing events ranging from the crumbling of the Spanish, Ottoman, and Mughal empires and the rise of British imperial ambition to the violent revolution in Spain and the unifications of Germany and Italy.
"In the nineteenth century, Europe experienced unprecedented economic and technological growth, social change, and cultural transformation. It was the dawn of...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
xvii, 926 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
The final volume in Richard J. Evans's masterly trilogy on the history of Nazi Germany traces the rise and fall of German military might, the mobilization of a "people's community" to serve a war of conquest, and Hitler's campaign of racial subjugation and genocide
Already hailed as "a masterpiece" (William Grimes in The New York Times) and "the most comprehensive history… of the Third Reich" (Ian Kershaw), this epic trilogy reaches its terrifying...
Author
Publisher
The Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
xxxiv, 622 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
There is no story in twentieth-century history more important to understand than Hitler's rise to power and the collapse of civilization in Nazi Germany. With The Coming of the Third Reich, Richard Evans, one of the world's most distinguished historians, has written the definitive account for our time. A masterful synthesis of a vast body of scholarly work integrated with important new research and interpretations, Evans's history restores drama and...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
c1999
Edition
[American ed.]
Physical Desc
287 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
In his compact, brilliant, and compulsively readable account, Richard J. Evans shows us how historians manage to extract meaning from the recalcitrant past. To materials that are frustratingly meager, or overwhelmingly profuse, they bring an array of tools that range from agreed-upon rules of documentation to the critical application of social and economic theory, all employed with the aim of reconstructing a verifiable, usable past. Evans defends...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
275 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The idea that historical events, catastrophes in particular, didn't happen on their own but were driven by the hidden machinations of malign influences has deep roots. The appeal is clear: we can ascribe these events not to human shortsightedness or frailty, or to the contingencies of fate and circumstance, but to unseen forces. Conspiracy theories and paranoia go hand in hand. Something, or someone, is trying to control our lives and to regain that...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
xiii, 785 pages, 12 plates ; illustrations ;c 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
" Eric Hobsbawm's works have had a nearly incalculable effect across generations of readers and students, influencing more than the practice of history but also the perception of it. Born in Alexandria, Egypt, of second-generation British parents, Hobsbawm was orphaned at age fourteen in 1931. Living with an uncle in Berlin, he experienced the full force of world economic depression, and in the charged reaction to it in Germany was forced to choose...
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xx, 364 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Did It Happen Here? collects, in one place, key texts from the sharpest minds in politics, history, and the academy beginning with classic pieces by Hannah Arendt, Angela Davis, Reinhold Niebuhr, Leon Trotsky, and others. The book's contemporary contributors include Ruth Ben-Ghiat on the trivialization of the term "fascism," Jason Stanley and Sarah Churchwell on the Black radical perspective, and Robert O. Paxton on Trump. These writers argue firmly...