The Collected Works of George L. Mosse
The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
- 540 pages
- English
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About This Book
The Culture of Western Europe, George L. Mosse's sweeping cultural history, was originally published in 1961 and revised and expanded in 1974 and 1988. Originating from the lectures at the University of WisconsinâMadison for which Mosse would become famous, the book addresses, in crisp and accessible language, the key issues he saw as animating the movement of culture in Europe. Mosse emphasizes the role of both rational and irrational forces in making modern Europe, beginning with the interplay between eighteenth-century rationalism and nineteenth-century Romanticism. He traces cultural and political movements in all areas of society, especially nationalism but also economics, class identity and conflict, religion and morality, family structure, medicine, and art. This new edition restores the original 1961 illustrations and features a critical introduction by Anthony J. Steinhoff, professor in the department of history at the UniversitĂ© du QuĂ©bec Ă MontrĂ©al, contextualizing Mosse's project and arguing for its continued relevance today.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- A Note on the Present Edition
- Acknowledgments
- A Critical Introduction by Anthony J. Steinhoff
- Introduction: Statement and Definitions
- The Nineteenth Century, 1815â1870
- From the Nineteenth to the Twentieth Century: 1870â1918
- The Twentieth Century
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index