Europe : a new history / Roderick Beaton.
| Author/creator | Beaton, Roderick author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First US edition. |
| Publication | New York, NY : Basic Books, an imprint of Hachette Book Group, Inc. 2026. |
| Copyright Date | ©2026 |
| Description | xxv, 402 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | List of illustrations -- List of maps -- About this book -- Introduction: What do we (think we) mean by "Europe"? -- The beginning of history and the invention of Europe (490 BCE-146 BCE) -- "Power without end" (146 BCE-337 CE) -- "Waiting for the barbarians" (337-800) -- A tale of two empires (800-1204) -- Breaking out--breaking up (1204-1556) -- Becoming European--inventing civilization (1556-1789) -- "The lightning of the nations" (1789-1871) -- "Heart of darkness" (1871-1945) -- Europe partitioned (1945-1989) -- The "end of history" and the European Union (1989-2022) -- Epilogue: Mariupol and after. |
| Abstract | "What do we talk about when we talk about Europe? Is it defined by geography? Or is it politics, or shared culture? In Europe, award-winning historian Roderick Beaton tells the story of Europe as never before--as the history of an idea, and a collective identity. Since its dramatic birth in ancient Greece, 'Europe' has been defined, and redefined, by its people. Through this powerful lens, and with the narrative drive and scope of a novelist, Beaton deftly surveys Europe's major historical developments: the rise and fall of Rome; the explosion of Christianity; the intellectual ferment of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment; the arrival of Europeans in the Americas; the violent upheavals of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; and the uncertainties of the present. Throughout, original sources allow the voices of the past, from Tacitus to Thatcher, to speak for themselves. Grappling with the multilayered identities that have always come with being European, Europe places the Europe of today in a long arc of history stretching back more than 2,500 years"-- Dust jacket flap. |
| General note | Originally published in 2026 by Allen Lane in Great Britain. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-379) and index. |
| Genre/form | Informational works. |
| Genre/form | History |
| Genre/form | Informational works |
| Genre/form | Informational works. |
| Genre/form | Documents d'information. |
| ISBN | 9781541603806 hardcover |
| ISBN | 154160380X hardcover |
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| Joyner | New Books | D22 .B43 2026 | ✔ Available | Want This? |