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| A History of Modern Europe, Second Edition: From the French Revolution to the Present (Volume 2)
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Edition: 2
Author: John Merriman
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date: 2005-02-28
ISBN-10: 0393924955
ISBN-13: 9780393924954
List Price: $68.20
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A History of Modern Europe presents a panoramic survey of modern Europe from the Renaissance to the present day. A seasoned teacher and talented historian, Professor John Merriman offers a carefully crafted narrative that guides students through a vast amount of complex material, integrating the many aspects of the European experience into a larger, interconnected whole. A full ten percent shorter than its predecessor, the Second Edition has tightened organization throughout to make room for recent research and descriptions of the current issues and events that define Europe's role in the world today.
A History of Modern Europe French Revolutiuon to Present, Merriman
| Customer Rating: | | I bought Merriman's "A History of Modern Europe" as an adjunct to my studying Nineteenth European history in the Teaching Company's DVDs on the subject. I am partiuculatly interested in the period between Bismark's unification of Germany and the beginnings of WW1. Altho the trigger on WW1 was pulled in the assination of Austrian Archduke Fendinand, the national entanglements over the years preceeding this set the stage for a world wide conflict - this text book surveys this period very well. I think Bismarks alliances are complex, and any text that can untangle these are a welcome source of information. If you are to have only one survey book on Modern European History this is the one. |
Despite the perfectly reasonable objections below . . .
| Customer Rating: | . . . I am giving John Merriman's A HISTORY OF MODERN EUROPE (Vol. 2, French Revolution to Present) five stars because I think it offers a better survey of the topic than older books on the subject. While this book pretty much operates under a "big-man" theory of history, it does mention social and economic trends, along with a nod, via color plating, to changing trends in art. It would have been nicer to have more of the kind of history that doesn't fall under military/diplomatic lines, but at some point, had Merriman tried to discuss everything, we'd have left a comprehensive history and begun a multi-volume encyclopedia!
I also appreciated Merriman's well-measured and friendly prose style, which is discursive without being digressive. Contemporary political cartoons and made objects are pictured in A HISTORY OF MODERN EUROPE, as well as the maps and portraits we would expect.
If you can find a better comprehensive history, buy it. I myself can find none better.
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An ambitious and comprehensive project
| Customer Rating:  | | Merriman, who is the author of several lucid histories on early modern France, has taken on the entire landscape of modern Europe. His treatment of industrial and imperialist developments in Western and Central Europe is especially noteworthy. (Volume I of his work covers the Renaissance to Napoleon.) I would have liked to see attention given to southern and eastern European social issues. But overall, the text is well done and well organized. |
Good overall
| Customer Rating: | | This was a good attempt at trying to write a text book on such a large span of time. However, in the process some topics were glazed over. An example of this would be Merriman's treatment of the first World War where the battles of Dieppe and Vimy Ridge were not mentioned. There was also a definite American slant in the treatment of the same topic. For example, the role of Canada in the war was ignored. Instead the role of the United States in the war was highlighted. |
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