Name: Europe Since 1980 By Ivan T. Berend (University of California, Los Angeles)
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Europe Since 1980 by Ivan T. Berend (University of California, Los Angeles)

This book tells the dramatic story of the economic, social, political, and cultural transformation of Europe during the transition from the Cold War to the European Union. Ivan Berend charts, in particular, the overwhelming impact of the collapse of communism on every aspect of European life. Europe became safer and more united, and Central and Eastern Europe started on the difficult road to economic modernization. However, the western half of Europe also changed. European integration gained momentum. The single market and the common currency were introduced, and the Union enlarged from nine to twenty-seven countries. This period also saw a revolution in information and communication technology, the increasing impact of globalization and the radical restructuring of the political system. The book explores the impact of all of these changes as well as the new challenges posed by the economic crisis of 2008-9 and asks which way now for Europe?

Europe Since 1980 Reviews

'This important book is contemporary history as it should be written. Against a triple background of central European, communist-era and US experience, Ivan Berend displays and critically analyses the situation and prospects of Europe, especially since the integration of the ex-communist states. He does so with his unique combination of information, lucidity, realism and sweeping historical perspective. One cannot fail to learn from, and sometimes to be surprised by, this coolly comparative diagnosis of Europe's problems.' Eric Hobsbawm, Birkbeck College, University of London
'Few historians have such an excellent grasp as Ivan T. Berend of Europe's most recent economic, social and political history. This is a major and easily accessible contribution to our understanding of Europe's transition from a divided to an integrated, albeit still fragmented continent.' Wolfram Kaiser, University of Portsmouth
'A book like this, which surveys the most recent thirty years of European history, is long overdue. Berend is cautiously optimistic about the future of eastern Europe; guarded about the prospect of progress toward a federal union - though supportive of the effort; acutely aware that in a coming age likely to be increasingly shaped by India and China, Europe's world power will wane; and, finally, confident that, as in the past, Europe will manage to cope with the big challenges that loom ahead.' John Gillingham, University of Missouri, St Louis

About Ivan T. Berend (University of California, Los Angeles)

Ivan T. Berend is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles and member of the British Academy and six European Academies of Sciences. His numerous publications include From the Soviet Bloc to the European Union (2009), An Economic History of Twentieth Century Europe (2006) and History Derailed: Central and Eastern Europe in the 'Long' Nineteenth Century (2003).

Introduction; 1. Europe approaches the 1980s: the dual crises (1968-1980); 2. The end of 'Two Europes' and European integration; 3. The new cultural and political setting; 4. The economic response to globalization. Recovery and growth. The integration of eastern and western Europe; 5. Dramatic demographic and social changes, consumerism and the welfare state; Epilogue. Quo vadis Europa?; Bibliography.

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GOR012977187

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9780521129176

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0521129176

Title

Europe Since 1980 by Ivan T. Berend (University of California, Los Angeles)

Author

Ivan T. Berend (University of California, Los Angeles)

Series

The World Since 1980

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Used - Like New

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Paperback

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Year published

2010-04-08

Number of pages

342

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The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins

Europe Since 1980 Ivan T. Berend (University of California, Los Angeles)

Europe Since 1980 by Ivan T. Berend (University of California, Los Angeles)

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