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Author:   Alan Milward (European University Institute, Italy)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.703kg
ISBN:  

9780415216296

ISBN 10:   041521629
Pages:   488
Publication Date:   16 December 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of tables, Preface to the first edition, Preface to the second edition, List of abbreviations, Key to archival references, 1. History and theory, 2. The post-war nation-state, 3. Coal and the Belgian nation, 4. Foreign trade, economic and social advance, and the origins of the European Economic Community, 5. The Europeanization of agricultural protection, 6. The lives and teachings of the European saints, 7. Britain and western Europe, Envoi, Bibliography, Index

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"""This volume is very strongly recommended for upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty."" -""Choice, 06/00 ""Reviews of the first edition: ."" ""The enormity of what he has accomplished cannot be contested. Milward has produced a marvelously intelligent reappraisal that examines and analyzes Europe's affirmation of the nation-state as the cardinal organizing unit of mid-century society...mandatory reading for all interested scholars...no other book has given us as definitive an account or as compelling an interpretation as does Milward's prodigious feat of historical scholarship."" -""American Historical Review ""Well written, thought provoking."" -""New Statesman and Society ...""as a challenging study of the origins of supranational Europe in the economic sphere this will not easily be bettered."" -""German Politics"

This volume is very strongly recommended for upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty. <br>- Choice, 06/00 <br> Reviews of the first edition: . <br> The enormity of what he has accomplished cannot be contested. Milward has produced a marvelously intelligent reappraisal that examines and analyzes Europe's affirmation of the nation-state as the cardinal organizing unit of mid-century society...mandatory reading for all interested scholars...no other book has given us as definitive an account or as compelling an interpretation as does Milward's prodigious feat of historical scholarship. <br>- American Historical Review <br> Well written, thought provoking. <br>- New Statesman and Society <br>... as a challenging study of the origins of supranational Europe in the economic sphere this will not easily be bettered. <br>- German Politics <br>

Author Information

Alan S. Milward is Professor of Contemporary History at the European University Institute, Florence and official historian and Emeritus Professor at the London School of Economics.

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