A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF MODERN EUROPE

Book ID/图书代码： 10953016B91025

English Summary/英文概要： From the monarchical terror of the Middle Ages to the mangled Europe of the twenty-first century, A People’s History of Modern Europe tracks the history of the continent through the deeds of those whom mainstream history tries to forget.

Europe provided the perfect conditions for a great number of political revolutions from below. The German peasant wars of Thomas Müntzer, the bourgeois revolutions of the eighteenth century, the rise of the industrial worker in England, the turbulent journey of the Russian Soviets, the role of the European working class throughout the Cold War, student protests in 1968 and through to the present day, when we continue to fight to forge an alternative to the barbaric economic system.

With sections focusing on the role of women, this history sweeps away the tired platitudes of the privileged upon which our current understanding is based, and provides an opportunity to see our history differently.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 从十八世纪恐怖的君主到当今二十一世纪遭破坏的欧洲，《一个人的历史：现代欧洲》追寻了那些被主流社会试图去遗忘的欧洲历史。

欧洲为许多自下而上的政治革命提供了得天独厚的条件，其中包括托马斯??闵采尔的德国农民战争，十八世纪的资产阶级革命，英格兰产业工人的崛起，动荡的俄罗斯苏联之旅，欧洲工人阶级在整个冷战期间的作用，1968年直至今日的学生抗议，以及我们继续战斗打造的另一种野蛮的经济系统。

女性的作用越来越被看重，这段历史席卷了那些陈词滥调，也让我们用不同的态度看待历史。（XAT）

Awards/获奖情况：“A People’s History of Modern Europe cuts through some of the myths . . . that shape perceptions about Europe in much of the English-speaking world. . . . Pelz’s myth-busting clears the way for a sweeping account of historical developments from the Middle Ages to post-communist Europe. . . . But of course he gives them a history-from-below twist.” (Against the Current)

"In this lively and engaging book, Pelz takes the reader through a thousand years of European history from below. This is the not the story of lords, kings and rulers. It is the story of the ordinary people of Europe and their struggles against those lords, kings and rulers, from the Middle Ages to the present day. Written in a lucid and accessible style, A People’s History of Modern Europe is a fine introduction to the subject which will be appreciated by students and activists alike." (Socialist History)

"From the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 to the collapse of the Soviet Union, Pelz presents a challenging alternative to the conventional narratives of European history, putting the sufferings and the resistance of working women (often written out of history) and men at the centre of the story. There are strikes, riots, mutinies and revolutions, but they are carefully entwined with economic structures and conflicts and with aspects of everyday life. Based on a wide range of sources, it gives us a comprehensive but concise account, illuminating its arguments with a mass of concrete detail." (Ian Birchall, author of The Spectre of Babeuf)

About the Author/作者介绍： 威廉??A??皮兹是芝加哥一位工人阶级历史研究所所长，以及埃尔金社区大学的历史学教授。他近期作品包括《威廉??李卜克内西》和《德国社会民主》（格林伍德出版社，2015），《尤金??V??德布斯的读者》（梅林出版社，2014）和《反对资本主义：停在三月的欧洲》（彼得??朗出版社，2007）。

William A. Pelz is Director of the Institute of Working Class History in Chicago and a Professor of History at Elgin Community College. His recent works include Wilhelm Liebknecht and German Social Democracy (Greenwood Press, 2015), The Eugene V. Debs Reader (The Merlin Press Ltd, 2014) and Against Capitalism: The European Left on the March (Peter Lang Publishing, 2007).

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