A Social History of Western Europe, 1880-1980
A Social History of Western Europe, 1880-1980

Author: Hartmut Kaelble

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 9780717117246

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Arguing that the social integration of Western Europe already exists in an advanced form, Kaelble examines eight selected aspects of society: the European family; employment structures; big business; social mobility and education; social inequality in the class system; life in European cities; the rise of the welfare state; and industrial relations. Approaching a 'European history' rather than the traditional collection of national histories, his unique and challenging view of social development will interest not only historians but also sociologists and political scientists.

A Social History of Western Europe, 1450-1720
A Social History of Western Europe, 1450-1720

Author: Sheldon J. Watts

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2017-07-06

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 1351720406

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This thoroughly readable and stimulating social history of Western Europe, first published in 1984, explores the family, religion and the supernatural, and the social structure and social controls of rural society. This title will be of interest not only to students, but to anyone who is anxious to understand the lives – both internal and external – of rural people in his fascinating period that is so central to everyone’s past.

A Social History of Twentieth- Century Europe
A Social History of Twentieth- Century Europe

Author: Béla Tomka

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 545

ISBN-13: 0415628431

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A Social History of Twentieth-Century Europe offers a systematic overview on major aspects of social life, including population, family and households, social inequalities and mobility, the welfare state, work, consumption and leisure, social cleavages in politics, urbanization as well as education, religion and culture. It also addresses major debates and diverging interpretations of historical and social research regarding the history of European societies in the past one hundred years. Organized in ten thematic chapters, this book takes an interdisciplinary approach, making use of the methods and results of not only history, but also sociology, demography, economics and political science. Béla Tomka presents both the diversity and the commonalities of European societies looking not just to Western European countries, but Eastern, Central and Southern European countries as well. A perfect introduction for all students of European history.

Historical Concepts Between Eastern and Western Europe
Historical Concepts Between Eastern and Western Europe

Author: Manfred Hildermeier

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 9781845452735

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More than a decade after the breakdown of the Soviet Empire and the reunification of Europe, historiographies and historical concepts still stood very much apart. This book talks about how there were no common efforts for joint interpretations and no attempts to reach a common understanding of central notions and concepts.

An Economic and Social History of Western Europe since 1945
An Economic and Social History of Western Europe since 1945

Author: Anthony Sutcliffe

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-09-19

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 1317892194

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This is the ideal companion text to A Political History of Western Europe Since 1945. It is an introductory survey which explains how western Europe built up its postwar prosperity and is moving towards continental integration. Themes treated include: the origins of the EC; consumerism; youth culture and protest; immigration; the oil crisis and its aftermath; and the contrasting experience and expectations of the Nordic world and the Mediterranean south. The book ends with the consequences of Soviet collapse. Designed for general history students, it assumes no formal knowledge of economics, and is notably accessible and user-friendly in its approach.

Economic and Social History of Medieval Europe
Economic and Social History of Medieval Europe

Author: Henri Pirenne

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-10-15

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 1136788557

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First published in 2005. This original study the author writing in 1936 has tried to sketch the character and general movement of the economic and social evolution of Western Europe from the end of the Roman Empire to the middle of the fifteenth century.

Western Europe
Western Europe

Author: Max Schulze

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-07-10

Total Pages: 510

ISBN-13: 1317887328

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This major new text offers a clearly structured introduction to the economic and social development of Western Europe since the Second World War. A team of experts explore key aspects of postwar Europe's economy and society in a number of thematic chapters, with a regional and strongly comparative focus and these are followed by specific national studies.

Schooling in Western Europe
Schooling in Western Europe

Author: Mary Jo Maynes

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 1985-06-30

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1438412304

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Mary Jo Maynes looks to school reform in early modern Europe to show the relevance of early ideas about schooling for understanding contemporary society. She presents the competing perspectives on issues such as the identity and motivations of school reformers, the broad societal changes that made educational reform seem imperative toward the end of the eighteenth century all over the West, the connections between educational change and economic development, the role of schools in the evolution of class relations, the impact of reform on family strategies in the context of early industrialization. The work concludes by assessing historical data on the social impact of school reform and addressing the social meaning of schooling in the past and in the present.