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Vertigo Years
Philipp Blom
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Description for Vertigo Years
Paperback. A panorama of Europe, 1900-1914, describing the cultural, economic and political life before the First World War. Num Pages: 480 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 3JJC; HBG; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 36. Weight in Grams: 444.
Europe, early in the twentieth century: a world adrift, a pulsating era of creativity and contradictions. But did this era vanish in the trenches of the Somme, of Ypres, and of Passchendaele? Look closer and the more this world seems like ours: feminism, democratisation, commercial branding, genetics, consumerism and racism, radioactivity and psychoanalysis are all terms first used during this period. This was a time in which old certainties broke down and many people lost their bearings. At the heart of this vibrant Europe, was a contradiction that would cause its collapse: the new, modern world of mass production, urban ... Read more
Europe, early in the twentieth century: a world adrift, a pulsating era of creativity and contradictions. But did this era vanish in the trenches of the Somme, of Ypres, and of Passchendaele? Look closer and the more this world seems like ours: feminism, democratisation, commercial branding, genetics, consumerism and racism, radioactivity and psychoanalysis are all terms first used during this period. This was a time in which old certainties broke down and many people lost their bearings. At the heart of this vibrant Europe, was a contradiction that would cause its collapse: the new, modern world of mass production, urban ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Phoenix
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780753825983
SKU
V9780753825983
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99-50
About Philipp Blom
Philipp Blom was born in Hamburg and trained as an historian in Vienna and Oxford. He is the author of TO HAVE AND TO HOLD a history of collectors and collecting and ENCYCLOPEDIA. He writes regularly for journals and newspapers in Europe and the United States. He lives in Vienna. Visit Philipp Blom's website at www.philipp-blom.eu.
Reviews for Vertigo Years
offers stimulating insights into the period and is illuminating on Austrian contributions to the innovative ferment of the time
SUNDAY TIMES
[Blom] aims both to highlight the prophetic power of the first globalised age...and to shun the easy hindsight that would throw the blight of the Great War back over all that came before. It's a tough course, ... Read more
SUNDAY TIMES
[Blom] aims both to highlight the prophetic power of the first globalised age...and to shun the easy hindsight that would throw the blight of the Great War back over all that came before. It's a tough course, ... Read more