The Vertigo Years: Europe, 1900-1914

Europe, 1900-1914: a world adrift, a pulsating era of creativity and contradictions. The major topics of the...
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Author: Philipp Blom
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The Vertigo Years: Europe, 1900-1914 by Blom, Philipp

The Vertigo Years: Europe, 1900-1914

$60.38

The Vertigo Years: Europe, 1900-1914

$60.38
Author: Philipp Blom
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Europe, 1900-1914: a world adrift, a pulsating era of creativity and contradictions. The major topics of the day: terrorism, globalization, immigration, consumerism, the collapse of moral values, and the rivalry of superpowers. The twentieth century was not born in the trenches of the Somme or Passchendaele--but rather in the fifteen vertiginous years preceding World War I.

In this short span of time, a new world order was emerging in ultimately tragic contradiction to the old. These were the years in which the political and personal repercussions of the Industrial Revolution were felt worldwide: Cities grew like never before as people fled the countryside and their traditional identities; science created new possibilities as well as nightmares; education changed the outlook of millions of people; mass-produced items transformed daily life; industrial laborers demanded a share of political power; and women sought to change their place in society--as well as the very fabric of sexual relations.

From the tremendous hope for a new century embodied in the 1900 World's Fair in Paris to the shattering assassination of a Habsburg archduke in Sarajevo in 1914, historian Philipp Blom chronicles this extraordinary epoch year by year. Prime Ministers and peasants, anarchists and actresses, scientists and psychopaths intermingle on the stage of a new century in this portrait of an opulent, unstable age on the brink of disaster.

Beautifully written and replete with deftly told anecdotes, The Vertigo Years brings the wonders, horrors, and fears of the early twentieth century vividly to life.



Author: Philipp Blom
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 11/01/2010
Pages: 488
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.80w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9780465020294
Audience: Young Adult


Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 12/12/2010 pg. 28

About the Author
Philipp Blom is the author of several award-winning books, including A Wicked Company, and The Vertigo Years, which has been made into a three-part television documentary. A frequent lecturer at European and American universities, he also contributes to international newspapers and hosts a radio show on Austrian national radio. Philipp Blom lives in Vienna.

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