European History for Dummies: A Reference for the Rest of Us! - Softcover

Lang, Sean

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0764570609 ISBN 13: 9780764570605

Verlag: John Wiley & Sons, 2006

Inhaltsangabe

A fascinating glimpse into the formation of a continent
 
The rich variety of Europe's history rolled into one thrilling account
 
This book takes you on a fascinating journey through the disasters, triumphs, people, power, and politics that have helped shape the Europe we know today and you'll meet some incredible characters on the way! From Roman relics to Renaissance, World Wars, and Eurovision, European History For Dummies packs in the facts alongside the fun and brings the past alive.
 
Discover
* The origins of the continent
* The roles religion, power, and politics have played in shaping the Europe of today
* How Europe became an industrial superpower
* The impact the past has on the present

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Sean Lang studied history at Oxford and has been teaching it to school, college, and university students for the past 20 years. He is the author of British History For Dummies and has written textbooks on nineteenth and twentieth century history. He is Honorary Secretary of the Historical Association and co-editor of Twentieth Century History Review. He writes regularly for the Times Educational Supplement and for BBC History Magazine and has written on history teaching for the Council of Europe. Sean is currently based in Cambridge where he is Research Fellow in History at Anglia Ruskin University.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0764570609
• ISBN 13: 9780764570605
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 428
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar