Contemporary Europe Since 1870
Author | : Carlton Joseph Huntley Hayes |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 860 |
Release | : 1958 |
ISBN-10 | : IND:30000064242674 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Download or read book Contemporary Europe Since 1870 written by Carlton Joseph Huntley Hayes and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 860 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume treats of two brief related epochs that might be described as the "grandeur" and the "decline" of Europe. The former covers the last three decades of the nineteenth century and the first decade of the twentieth. It was then that Europe seemingly climaxed its historical evolution with world supremacy in industrial production, military might and imperial domination, and with phenomenal progress in wealth and social betterment, in democracy and education, in the arts and sciences.