War and Social Change in Modern Europe: The Great Transformation Revisited
- ISBN-10
- 0521540151
- ISBN-13
- 9780521540155
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 510
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Author
- Sandra Halperin
Description
This book focuses on the interrelationship of social forces, industrial expansion, and conflict in Europe between 1789 and 1945.
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