A Companion to Modern European History

Its sixteen thematic chapters - each written by an expert in the field - cover social and economic developments, the rise and fall of all the major political movements as well as the immense changes generated by war and international diplomacy across Europe.

Tables, Figures and Appendices vii Maps ix Contributors x Introduction xiii Part I Society and the State 1 1 Population: Patterns and Processes 3 Drake 2 Prosperity and Depression: The International Economy 25 Sidney Pollard 3 The State and the Development of Social Welfare 45 Rodney Lowe 4 Leisure and Society in Europe, 1871–1945 70 Lynn Abrams Part II Political Movements and Ideologies 89 5 Conservatism and Nationalism 93 E. J. Feuchtwanger 6 The Dilemmas of Liberalism 111 Eugenio Biagini 7 Socialist Parties and Policies 133 Duncan Tanner 8 The Rise of European Feminism 155 Martin Pugh 9 Revolutionary Europe 174 James D. White 10 European Fascism 194 Richard Thurlow Part III Diplomacy, Defence and War 211 11 European Diplomacy, 1871‒1914 213 Keith Wilson 12 European Imperialism, 1871‒1945 236 David Omissi 13 The First World War as Total War 262 Gerard J. DeGroot 14 Warfare and National Defence 282 David French 15 Appeasement 300 P.M. II. Bell 16 The Second World War 322 A. W. Purdue Chronology of Events 1870–1945 342 Biographies 350 Guide to Further Reading 369 Index 399