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The vertigo years : Europe, 1900-1914 /

The twentieth century was born not in the trenches of the Somme, but rather in the fifteen years preceding World War I. In this short span of time, a new world order was emerging in ultimately tragic contradiction to the old. The major topics of the day: terrorism, globalization, immigration, consum...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Blom, Philipp, 1970-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Basic Books, ©2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 1900 : the dynamo and the virgin
  • 1901 : the changing of the guard
  • 1902 : Oedipus Rex
  • 1903 : a strange luminescence
  • 1904 : His Majesty and Mister Morel
  • 1905 : in all fury
  • 1906 : dreadnought and anxiety
  • 1907 : dreams and visions
  • 1908 : ladies with rocks
  • 1909 : the cult of the fast machine
  • 1910 : human nature changed
  • 1911 : people's palaces
  • 1912 : questions of breeding
  • 1913 : Wagner's crime
  • 1914 : murder most foul.