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Title
Europe: A History
ISBN
9780198201717
Publication Year
1996
Type
Textbook
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Name
Europe: a History
Item Height
230mm
Author
Norman Davies
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Item Width
150mm
Subject
History
Item Weight
1757g
Number of Pages
1384 Pages

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From the Ice Age to the Cold War and beyond, from Reykjavik to Riga, from Archimedes to Einstein, Alexander to Yeltsin, here between the covers of a single volume Norman Davies tells the story of Europe, East and West, from prehistory to the present day. The book's absorbing narrative lays down the chronological and geographical grid on which the dramas of European history have been played out. It zooms in from the distant focus of Chapter One, which explores the first five million years of the continent's evolution, to the close focus of the last two chapters, which cover the twentieth century at roughly one page per year. In between, Norman Davies presents a huge and sweeping canvas packed with fascinating detail, analysis, and anecdote. Alongside Europe's better-known stories - human, national, and continental - he brings into focus areas often ignored or misunderstood, remembering the stateless nation as well as the nation-state. Minority communities, from heretics and lepers to Jews, Romanies, and Muslims have not been forgotten. This masterly history reveals not only the rich variety of Europe's past but also the many and rewarding prisms through which it can be viewed. Each chapter contains a selection of telephoto 'capsules', illustrating narrower themes and topics that cut across the chronological flow. Davies then concludes with a wide-angle 'snapshot' of the whole continent as seen from one particular vantage point. The overall effect is stunning: a kind of historical picture album, with panoramic tableaux interspersed by detailed insets and close-ups. Never before has such an ambitious history of Europe been attempted. In range and ambition, the originality of its structure and glittering style, Norman Davies's Europe represents one of the most important and illuminating history books to be published by Oxford. Time Capsules 201 fascinating articles interspersed throughout the narrative focus on incidents or topics as various as The Iceman of the Alps, Erotic Graffiti at Pompeii, Stradivarius, and Psychoanalysing Hitler. Each capsule can be tasted as a separate self-contained morsel; or can be read in conjunction with the narrative into which it is inserted. Snapshots 12 panoramic overviews across the changing map of Europe freeze the frames of the chronological narrative at moments of symbolic importance, such as Knossos 1628 BC, Constantinople AD 330, and Nuremberg 1945. A fully illustrated history Incorporates over 100 superbly detailed maps and diagrams, and 32 pages of black and white plates.

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Oxford University Press
ISBN-13
9780198201717
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Author
Norman Davies
Publication Name
Europe: a History
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
1996
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
1384 Pages

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Item Height
230mm
Item Width
150mm
Item Weight
1757g

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Norman Davies
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United Kingdom

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  • A great history

    Very detailed, well written history though Im not sure about some of the dates given, but its a book that can be read cover to cover, or just dipped into areas that might interest.

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  • Europe- A history (Norman Davies)

    Amazing author- Noman Davies is definately a reference in history. A complex topic in a very complete single book.