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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Great survey course book for Modern European History. Reading it again. ( ) The first year university history text when I was there. It does begin with the Renaissance and moves along to the end of WWII, or at least that edition did.A first book, All in all, a reasonable treatment of the material. The maps are adequate, and there is a glowing portrait of the USA compared to the other movers and shakers. no reviews | add a review
Considers the history of the making of the modern world between 1789 and the present day. It places Europe and the European civilization in its international setting and considers individual nations from the perspective of their points of contact with a larger civilization. No library descriptions found. |
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