History of television > The Dark Continent: Europe's Twentieth Century by Mark Mazower, ISBN 067975704X

The Dark Continent: Europe's Twentieth Century by Mark Mazower, ISBN 067975704X

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"A useful, important book that reminds us, at the right time, how hard [European unity] has been, and how much care must be taken to avoid the terrible old temptations." --"Los Angeles Times
Dark Continent provides an alternative history of the twentieth century, one in which the triumph of democracy was anything but a forgone conclusion and fascism and communism provided rival political solutions that battled and sometimes triumphed in an effort to determine the course the continent would take.
Mark Mazower strips away myths that have comforted us since World War II, revealing Europe as an entity constantly engaged in a bloody project of self-invention. Here is a history not of inevitable victories and forward marches, but of narrow squeaks and unexpected twists, where townships boast a bronze of Mussolini on horseback one moment, only to melt it down and recast it as a pair of noble partisans the next. Unflinching, intelligent, Dark Continent provides a provocative vision of Europ's past, present, and future-and confirms Mark Mazower as a historian of valuable gifts.

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Marriage and the Family in Eurasia: Perspectives on the Hajnal Hypothesis

This is the first volume of a projected series aimed at comparing the demographic regimes of two parts of Europe and China in late traditional times. Ever since the publication of John Hajnal's 1965 seminal paper on the European marriage pattern, the demographic history of the world has been divided into what demographers characterize as "preventive" and "positive" regimes. Essentially, these perspectives have to do with whether demographers consider population growth to be problematic or not. This volume traces the origins of Hajnal's position to Malthus and others, and places the European marriage pattern in the context of the demographic transition theory. This volume provides an up-to-date survey of one of the most important issues in demographic history, from specialists from all over the world. Marriage and the Family in Eurasia: Perspectives on the Hajnal Hypothesis
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The Dark Continent: Europe's Twentieth Century by Mark Mazower, ISBN 067975704X

"A useful, important book that reminds us, at the right time, how hard [European unity] has been, and how much care must be taken to avoid the terrible old temptations." --"Los Angeles Times
Dark Continent provides an alternative history of the twentieth century, one in which the triumph of democracy was anything but a forgone conclusion and fascism and communism provided rival political solutions that battled and sometimes triumphed in an effort to determine the course the continent would take.
Mark Mazower strips away myths that have comforted us since World War II, revealing Europe as an entity constantly engaged in a bloody project of self-invention. Here is a history not of inevitable victories and forward marches, but of narrow squeaks and unexpected twists, where townships boast a bronze of Mussolini on horseback one moment, only to melt it down and recast it as a pair of noble partisans the next. Unflinching, intelligent, Dark Continent provides a provocative vision of Europ's... The Dark Continent: Europe's Twentieth Century by Mark Mazower, ISBN 067975704X
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The National Gallery Pocket Guides series, beautifully illustrated from one of the greatest collections of Old Master paintings in the world, introduces central themes in the history of Western art. This book shows how artists in past centuries translated outdoor space and light into paint and how landscape imagery evolved from mere ornament into a visual metaphor of the human condition. 74 color & 3 b&w illustrations. Landscape by Erika Langmuir, ISBN 0300073216
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