Europe in the Contemporary World : 1900 to the Present

Preface for Instructors vii Maps and Charts xxiii Introduction for Students xxv Imperial Europe at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century 2(64) Europe's Peoples and Nations in the Global Order 5(12) Prosperity for States and Society 5(3) Great Britain: Greatest of the European Powers 8(2) France: Britain's Rival and Germany's Enemy 10(1) Germany: Europe's Rising Star 11(2) Austria-Hungary: The Clash of Ethnicities 13(2) Russia: The Imperial Colossus 15(1) The Ottoman Empire: Sick Man of Europe? 16(1) Society in the Age of Empire 17(5) Social and Cultural Influence of Empire 18(1) Daily Life and Leisure Time 19(3) Europe in an Age of Migration 22(4) Changing Families and Family Economies 22(1) Regional Migration and Urbanization 23(1) Global Migration 24(2) Nationalism and the Evolving Nation-State 26(6) The Growth of Nationalist Feeling 27(3) The Nation-State versus the Ethnic Nationalism of Minorities 30(1) The Growth of Militant Nationalism 31(1) Empires in Jeopardy 32(5) Conflict and Conquest in Africa 32(3) The Russian and Ottoman Empires in Crisis 35(2) Conclusion 37(2) Documents Migrant Life in 1900 39(7) Marie-Catherine Gardez Santerre, Oral History, early 1970s Imperial Dreams, Imperial Realities 46(4) Rudyard Kipling, The White Man's Burden, 1899 Lothar Von Trotha, Proclamation to the Herero People and Accompanying Letters to German Troops and to the German General Staff, October 1904 Japan's Challenge to the West 50(5) Shigenobu Okuma, The Rise of Japan Was Not Unexpected, 1904 Picture Essay: Europe's Global Aura in an Age of Nationalism 55(11) Aristocrats and Their Retinue on a Grand Tour in Egypt Louis Mountbatten in a Sailor Suit A British Tea in India with Native Retinue An Advertisement for Pears' Soap, c. 1890 A Kimono-style Coat, c. 1912, Influenced by Oriental Design Immigrants at Ellis Island Notes 61(1) Suggested References 62(4) Modernity and the Unsettling of Europe, 1900--1914 66(62) The Many Faces of Modernity 69(9) Modern Technology 69(2) Life in the Modern City 71(4) Gender Roles and Sexual Life 75(3) Modernity and the Rise of Mass Politics 78(7) Working-Class Politics 78(4) Feminists on the March 82(3) The Arts and Philosophy Embrace Modernity 85(7) Innovation in the Arts 86(4) Modernism in Thought 90(2) The Road to War 92(7) Military Buildup amid Shifting Alliances 92(3) Internal Problems of the Great Powers 95(2) Balkan and Great-Power Instability 97(2) Conclusion 99(2) Documents The Automobile 101(5) Anthony Rhodes, Louis Renault: A Biography, 1969 ``Motorwagen'' article, 1909 ``Camping'' article, 1914 The Politics of Women's Suffrage 106(5) Emmeeline Pankhurst, My Story, 1914 Elites and the Spiritual Future of Europe 111(6) F. W. Marinetti, Manifesto of Futurism, 1909 Wassily Kandinsky, Concerning the Spiritual in Art, 1911 Picture Essay: Cross-Cultural Borrowing in Modern Art 117(7) Pablo Picasso, Les Desmoiselles d'Avignon Amedeo Modigliani, Head, 1911---1912 Constant™ Brancusi, Socrates, 1922 Gustav Klimt, Embrace of Isis and Osiris, 1908--1909 Paula Modersohn-Becker, Self-Portrait with Amber Necklace, 1906 ``Primitives'' in the Ballet The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky, 1913 Notes 124(1) Suggested References 125(3) World War I and the Russian Revolution, 1914--1922 128(58) World War I Begins 131(9) The Opening Battles 131(4) War Aims and the Struggle for Victory, 1915--1916 135(2) The Soldier's War 137(3) The Home Front 140(4) Politics End 140(1) Propaganda and Censorship 141(2) War Transforms Society 143(1) From War Fever to Revolution 144(9) Containing Revolt during Wartime 145(2) The Russian Revolution 147(5) Civil War Begins in Russia 152(1) The Great War Ends 153(8) The Struggle to End the War 154(2) Making Peace in the Midst of Revolution 156(5) Conclusion 161(1) Documents War and the Individual 162(6) Johannes Haas, Letter, 1915 Khan Mahomed Khan, Letter, October 11, 1917 Maria Luisa Perduca, A Hospital Year, 1917