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Title: Ruin & Renewal
Author: BETTS PAUL
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 04/01/2022
Imprint: PROFILE BOOKS (UK)
Price: $25.00
Publishing status: Active
A major new history of post-war Europe
‘Excellent … much to ponder’ – Financial Times
In 1945, Europe lay in ruins – its cities and towns destroyed by conflict, its economies crippled, its societies ripped apart by war and violence. In the wake of the physical devastation came profound moral questions: how could Europe – once proudly confident of its place at the heart of the ‘civilised world’ – have done this to itself? And what did it mean that it had?
In the years that followed, Europeans – from politicians to refugees, poets to campaigners, religious leaders to communist revolutionaries – tried to make sense of what had happened, and to forge a new understanding of civilisation that would bring peace and progress to a broken continent. As they wrestled with questions great and small – from the legacy of colonialism to workplace etiquette – institutions and shared ideals emerged which still shape our world today.
Drawing on original sources as well as individual stories and voices, this is a gripping and authoritative account of how Europe rose from the ashes of the Second World War, forging itself anew in the process.
ISBN: 9781788161107
Dimension: 198mm X 128mm
Pages: 544