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Mighty Continent

A Candid History of Modern Europe

McDougall, Walter A.

Creed & Culture Books

03/2026

466

Dura

Inglês

9781967613007

15 a 20 dias

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Introduction

Chapter 1: The Classical Origins of European Civilization

Chapter 2: The Biblical Origins of European Civilization

Chapter 3: Faith Based on Reason: The Medieval Millennium

Chapter 4: Renaissance! Humanism and the
Classical Revival

Chapter 5: "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God": The Protestant Reformation

Chapter 6: "Set All Aflame!" The Catholic
Reformation

Chapter 7: Spices, Specie, and Souls: Europe Goes Global

Chapter 8: Two Cardinals and a Sun King:
Absolutism in France

Chapter 9: Parliaments Triumphant; Absolutism
Thwarted in England

Chapter 10: To Probe the Mind of God: The Scientific Revolution

Chapter 11: Soldiers, Serfs, Icons, and Axes:
The Rise of Prussia and Russia

Chapter 12: Reason Based on Faith: The
Competing Enlightenments

Chapter 13: Competition for Empire: Britannia Rules the Waves

Chapter 14: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
Betrayed: The French Revolution

Chapter 15: A World Restored: The Birth of
Conservatism and Liberalism

Chapter 16: Machines in the Garden: Four
Industrial Revolutions

Chapter 17: 1848 and After: Romantic
Revolutions and Realistic Reforms

Chapter 18: "Nothing to Lose but Your Chains":
The Rise of Socialism

Chapter 19: Fluttered Folk and Wild: Europe's
New Imperialism

Chapter 20: The Snake That Ate Its Tail: The
Culture of Modernity

Chapter 21: "Human, All Too Human": The Origins of a World War

Chapter 22: Storm of Steel: The Traumas of War and Peace

Chapter 23: Class War: Marxism-Leninism Captures Russia

Chapter 24: Race War: Fascism and Nazism
Capture Italy and Germany

Chapter 25: Years the Locust Hath Eaten: The Great Depression

Chapter 26: Descent into Hell: World War II and Its Holocausts

Chapter 27: Echternach Dance: The Cold War
and the Revival of Europe

Chapter 28: Be Not Proud, Be Not Ashamed: In
Defense of the West

Acknowledgments

Index
Europe;European;modern history;historical narrative;political;economic;social;intellectual;cultural developments;countries;nations;renaissance;16th;17th;18th;19th;20th century;world war 1;world war 2;holocaust;cold war;industrial revolution;christianity;protestant and catholic reformations;enlightenment;age of exploration;modernism;technology;totalitarianism;European Union;communism;warfare;powerful;influential;people;figures;leaders; Napoleon;Winston Churchill;Adolf Hitler