| Description |
xv, 528 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The Patricians. England: 1895-1902 -- The idea and the deed. The anarchists: 1890-1914 -- The end of a dream. The United States: 1890-1902 -- "Give me combat!". France: 1894-99 -- The steady drummer. The Hague: 1899 and 1907 -- "Neroism is in the air". Germany: 1890-1914 -- Transfer of power. England: 1902-11 -- The death of Jaures. The socialists: 1890-1914. |
| Summary |
The author presents the fateful quarter-century leading up to the War, concentrating on the social aspects, not the state aspects, of history. |
| Subject |
History, Modern -- 20th century.
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Histoire -- 20e siècle.
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Europe -- Histoire -- 1871-1918.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Tuchman, Barbara Wertheim. Proud tower. New York : Macmillan, c1966 (OCoLC)558178155 |
| ISBN |
0345405013 |
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9780345405012 |
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