A Companion to Europe, 1900 - 1945 [Paperback]

• Brings together contributions from a distinguished group of international scholars.
• Provides an overview of current thinking on the period.
• Traces the great political, social and economic upheavals of the time.
• Illuminates perennial themes, as well as new areas of enquiry.
• Takes a pan-European approach, highlighting similarities and differences across nations and regions.

Notes on Contributors viii

Preface xiii

Maps xiv

Introduction: Europe in Agony, 1900–1945 xxi
Gordon Martel

Part I Continuity and Change; Forces and Movements 1

1 Urbanization, Poverty, and Crime 3
Paul Lawrence

2 The Revolution in Science 19
Cathryn Carson

3 Feminism: Women, Work, and Politics 35
June Hannam

4 Modernism 50
Robin Walz

5 The Cult of Youth 66
Elizabeth Harvey

6 Sexuality and the Psyche 82
Lesley A. Hall

7 The Economy 98
Peter Wardley

Part II Before the Deluge 117

8 Europe’s World: Power, Empire, and Colonialism 119
Woodruff D. Smith

9 Social Reform or Social Revolution? 135
Gary P. Steenson

10 Modernitylƒ*