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1) The coming of the Third Reich

Author

Evans, Richard J

Series

Third Reich

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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A history of Adolf Hitler's rise to power and the collapse of democracy in Nazi Germany explains why Nazism's ideology of hatred flourished in a country embittered by military defeat and economic disaster following World War I.

2) The pursuit of power: Europe 1815-1914

Author

Evans, Richard J

Series

The Penguin history of Europe volume 7

Publisher

Viking

Pub. Date

c2016.

Language

English

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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...

3) Eric Hobsbawm: a life in history

Author

Evans, Richard J

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Pub. Date

[2019]

Language

English

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" 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...