The Vertigo Years: Europe 1900-1914
A Germany, Cultural, European History book. Dangerous Ideas; Necessary Ideas The Vertigo Years traces the initial eruptions of some of the most...
Europe, 1900–1914: a world adrift, a pulsating era of creativity and contradictions. The major topics of the day: terrorism, globalization, immigration, consumerism, the collapse of moral values, and the rivalry of superpowers. The twentieth century was not born in the trenches of the Somme or Passchendaele—but rather in the fifteen vertiginous years preceding World War I.In this short span of time, a new world order was emerging in ultimately tragic contradiction to the old. These were the years in which the political and personal repercussions of the Industrial Revolution were felt worldwide: Cities grew like never before as people fled the countryside and their traditional identities; science created new possibilities as well as nightmares; education changed the outlook of millions of people; mass-produced items transformed daily life; industrial laborers demanded a share of political power; and women sought to change their place in society—as well as the very fabric of sexual relations.From the tremendous hope for a new century embodied in the 1900 World’s...
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- Pages: 488 pages
- ISBN: 9780465011162 / 465011160
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This is a different kind of history book as the author does not confine himself to the causes leading up to WWI but, rather, what was happening across Europe at all levels of society and thought. Each chapter concentrates on a specific year and addresses a particular issue which was in flux at the time.It becomes a bit pedantic but... Dangerous Ideas; Necessary Ideas The Vertigo Years traces the initial eruptions of some of the most explosive ideas and social phenomenons of the century that bore the brunt of the first mad rush of modernity from socialism and fascism, to nuclear physics and the theory of relativity; from conceptual art and consumer society, to mass... I was excited to read this book, so I'm sad to say that I'm happy to be done with it. The subject has great potential the world changed tremendously between 1900 and 1914 but it's too big for a book like this. Topics are covered quickly, often with little more than lists of events or names that simply must be mentioned. The moments...
