The vertigo years
Subtitle: Europe, 1900-1914
By: Philipp Blom
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 466
ISBN-13: 9780465020294
Subjects: Social conditions; Civilization; Social change; History
Description: Examines how changes from the Industrial Revolution prior to World War I brought about radical transformation in society, changes in education, and massive migration in population that led to one of the bloodiest events in history.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 426-452) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1900 : the dynamo and the virgin; title: 1901 : the changing of the guard; title: 1902 : Oedipus Rex; title: 1903 : a strange luminescence; title: 1904 : His Majesty and Mister Morel; title: 1905 : in all fury; title: 1906 : dreadnought and anxiety; title: 1907 : dreams and visions; title: 1908 : ladies with rocks; title: 1909 : the cult of the fast machine; title: 1910 : human nature changed; title: 1911 : people's palaces; title: 1912 : questions of breeding; title: 1913 : Wagner's crime; title: 1914 : murder most foul.