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Umschlag -- Titel -- Impressum -- Table of Contents -- I. -- Preface -- Rethinking International History. New Tools for an Old Discipline -- The Crisis Years. Britain, Australia, and Jewish Refugees from Nazi Germany, 1938-39 -- International Minority Rights. The »Versailles System« in Historical Perspective -- Normalizing the Past? West Germany, Israel, and Günter Grass's First Visit to Israel in March 1967 -- Facing Brezhnev and Each Other. Nixon, Brandt, and Meir after 1969 -- II. -- Reflections on International History -- Bibliography Carole Fink -- Postface by Norbert Frei -- Abbreviations -- Index

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- I: Introductory -- 1 The Enlightenment and its Enemies -- 2 The Twentieth Century: Liberation or Catastrophe? -- 3 The Shifting Balance: A Changing Britain in a Changing World -- II: The German Wars -- 4 The First World War Reconsidered -- 5 War and Peace in 1914 -- 6 War and the Making of Nations -- 7 A Thirty Years' War? The Two World Wars in Historical Perspective -- 8 A Missed Opportunity? Britain and the German Resistance, 1938–1944 -- III: The Cold War -- 9 The Cold War: A Personal Retrospect -- 10 1945–1995: Fifty Years of European Peace -- 11 Cold War, Chill Peace -- 12 NATO: An Unhappy but Successful Marriage -- IV: Europe after the Cold War -- 13 What is 'Europe'? (For the Norwegians) -- 14 The European States-System in an Era of Change (For the Germans) -- 15 Britain, France, and the Making of Europe (For the French) -- V: The 'War against Terror' -- 16 War against Terrorism -- 17 September 11 and After -- 18 Keeping Order in a Global Society: Pax Americana or Global Policing? -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z

Long ignored by scholars in the humanities, sound has just begun to take its place as an important object of study in the last few years. Since the late 19th century, there has been a paradigmatic shift in auditory cultures and practices in European societies. This change was brought about by modern phenomena such as urbanization, industrialization and mechanization, the rise of modern sciences, and of course the emergence of new sound recording and transmission media. This book contributes to our understanding of modern European history through the lens of sound by examining diverse subjects such as performed and recorded music, auditory technologies like the telephone and stethoscope, and the ambient noise of the city.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Maps -- Introduction -- Author's Note -- 1 The First Decade, 1900-09 -- 2 The Paths to War, 1910-14 -- 3 First World War, 1914-18 -- 4 Aftermath of Armageddon, 1919-25 -- 5 Between Two Storms, 1926-32 -- 6 Towards the Abyss, 1933-39 -- 7 Second World War, 1939-45 -- 8 Recovery and Relapse, 1946-56 -- 9 Hopes Raised, Hopes Dashed, 1957-67 -- 10 Challenges of Modernity, 1968-79 -- 11 Renewed Expectations, 1980-89 -- 12 Brave New World, 1990-99 -- Maps -- Index

"Long ignored by scholars in the humanities, sound has just begun to take its place as an important object of study in the last few years. Since the late 19th century, there has been a paradigmatic shift in auditory cultures and practices in European societies. This change was brought about by modern phenomena such as urbanization, industrialization and mechanization, the rise of modern sciences, and of course the emergence of new sound recording and transmission media. This book contributes to our understanding of modern European history through the lens of sound by examining diverse subjects such as performed and recorded music, auditory technologies like the telephone and stethoscope, and the ambient noise of the city"--Provided by publisher