Author: Annelie RamsbrockKonrad H. Jarausch; Thomas Linde
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Keywords: contemporary, european, history, studies, histories, europeanizing, conflicted, memories
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2007-05-30
List price: $90.00
ISBN-10: 1845452844
ISBN-13: 9781845452841

Despite the growing interest in general European history, the European dimension is surprisingly absent from the writing of contemporary history. In most countries, the historiography on the 20th century continues to be dominated by national perspectives. Although there is cross-national work on specific topics such as occupation or resistance, transnational conceptions and narratives of contemporary European history have yet to be worked out. This volume focuses on the development of a shared conception of recent European history that will be required as an underpinning for further economic a