Social and Political History of Europe (18th-21st) (M)

Upon completion of the course, students are expected to be able to:

• recognize and understand the main themes of European history in the 19th and 20th centuries.
• they interpret and evaluate the political, economic, social, and ideological developments that determined the conditions under which modern European societies were formed.
• understand the factors and parameters of political confrontations and conflicts.
• deepen and understand the continuities and discontinuities of major changes and problems in Greek history.

Following the teaching and successful examination of the course, students are expected to have assimilated the manner of political, economic, and cultural evolution of European societies during the 19th and 20th centuries, and to utilize their historical knowledge in studying other courses and writing their assignments.

General Capabilities

• Adaptation to new situations
• Individual work / Team work
• Critical thinking and self-criticism
• Promotion of free, creative, and inductive thinking
• Respect for diversity

Suggested Bibliography

• Burns, Edward M., European History: Western Civilizations - Modern Times, Epikentro Publishers, 2020, 4th edition.
• Lindemann, Albert S., History of Modern Europe, Athens, Kritiki Editions, 2014.
• Miller T. Stuart, Modern and Contemporary European History, Athens, GUTENBERG Publications, 2018.
• Merriman John, Michaelidis Iakovos, History of Modern Europe. From the Renaissance to the Present, Athens, Pedio Publications, 2022.

Indicative bibliography

• Bayly, C. A., The Birth of the Modern World 1780-1914: Global Connections and Comparisons, Athens, Alexandria Publications, 2013.
• Berend Ivan T., An Economic History of Twentieth-Century Europe. Regimes from Laissez-Faire to Globalization, Cambridge University Press, 2006.
• Berstein Serge, Milza Pierre, History of Europe, vol. 3, Athens, Alexandreia Publications, 1997.
• Blanning T. W. C. (ed.), History of Modern Europe, Athens, Tourikis Publications, 2010.
• Carr H. E., A Little History of the Russian Revolution. From Lenin to Stalin, 1917-1929, Athens, Patakis Publishers, 2017.
• Eichengreen, Barry. The European Economy since 1945. Athens: Alexandria Publications, 2013.
• Gaillard Jean-Michel, Rowley Antony, History of the European Continent: From 1850 to the End of the 20th Century, Athens, I. Sideris Publications, 2003.
• Geof Eley, Forging Democracy: The History of the Left in Europe, 1850-2000, Oxford University Press, 2002 [Forging Democracy, trans. Thanasis Katsikeros, Athens, Savvalas, 2010].
• Hobsbawm, Eric J., Nations and Nationalism Since 1780: Programme, Myth, Reality, trans. Chrysa Mandris, Athens, Kardamitsas, 1990.
• Hobsbawm, Eric J., The Age of Capital 1848–1875, Athens, MIET, 2003.
• Hobsbawm, Eric J., The Age of Extremes: 1914–1991. The Short Twentieth Century, Athens, Themelio, 2003.
• Hobsbawm, Eric J., The Age of Empire 1875-1914, Athens, MIET, 2002.
• Hobsbawm, Eric J., The Age of Revolution 1789-1848, Athens, MIET, 2002.
• Joll James, Europe 1870-1970, Thessaloniki, Vanias, 2007.
• Lindemann, Albert S., History of Modern Europe, Athens, Kritiki Editions, 2014.
• Lefebvre G., Mousnier R., General History of Europe, 5 volumes, Athens, Papazisis Publications, 1990-1999.
• Magdoff, Harry. Imperialism: From the Colonial Age to the Present. Athens: Melani, 2008.
• Mazower, Mark. Dark Continent: Europe's Twentieth Century. Translated by Kostas Kouremenos. Athens: Alexandria, 2001.
  The Pursuit of Power: Europe 1815-1914, Athens, Alexandria Publications, 2018.
• Tilly C., European Revolutions, 1492-1992, Athens, Ellinika Grammata Editions, 1998.
• Traverso, Enzo. Fire and Blood: The European Civil War, 1914–1945. Translated by Yiannis Evangelou. Athens: Eikostou Protou Editions, 2013.
• Traverso, Enzo. The Origins of Nazi Violence: A European Genealogy. Athens: Eikostou Protou Publications, 2013.
• Veremis Thanos, Greece-Europe. From the First World War to the Cold War, Athens, Plethron Editions, n.d.
• Giannoulopoulos Giannis, The Post-War World. Greek and European History, Athens, Papazisis, 1992. Kitromilides Pasch., The French Revolution and Southeastern Europe, Athens, Diatton Editions, 1990.
• Kokkinos Giorgos, Modern and Contemporary European History, Athens, Gutenberg Publications, 2018. Koliopoulos I. S., Modern European History 1789-1945, Thessaloniki, Vanias Publications, 1993.
• Maravegias, Napoleon and Tsinisizelis, Michalis (eds.), New European Union: Organization and Policies, 50 Years, Athens, Themeliopolet Editions 2007
• Margaritis Giorgos, Flood and Ebb Tide. The Brief Life of Modern Europe, Athens, Bibliorama, 2013.
• Botsiou Konstantina E., Between EEC and NATO: Europe in Search of a Defense and Political Union, 1949-1957, Athens, Papazisis Publications, 2002
• Nolte Ernst, The European Civil War 1917-1945. National Socialism and Bolshevism, Athens, Tropi Editions, 2015.
• Dalis Sot., European Integration, Greece and the World. 60 Years since the Treaties of Rome 1957-2017, Athens, Papazisis Publications, 2018,
• Paxton Robert, The Anatomy of Fascism, Athens, Kedros, 2006.
• Patronis Vasilis S., European Economic History. From the societies of antiquity to the European Union, Athens, Herodotos Publications, 2019.
• Stanley Payne, A History of Fascism, Athens, Philistor Publications, 2000
• John Reed, Ten Days that Shook the World, Athens, Synchroni Epochi Publishing, 2007.
• Tsakaloyannis Panos, Contemporary European History. From the Bastille to the 21st Century, vol. 2, Athens, Estia Publishing, 2009.
• Tsirpanlis, Z. N., Europe and the World (1814-1914), Thessaloniki, Vanias Publications, 1993.
• Hatzivasileiou, Evanthes, Introduction to the History of the Post-War World, Athens, Patakis Publishers, 2010.
• Chatziiosif Christos, European Integration, Germany, and the Return of Nationalisms, Athens, Bibliorama Publications, 2017.