The New Penguin Atlas of Recent History: Europe Since 1815 [Mass Market Paperback]

Colin McEvedy (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0140515046 | ISBN-13: 978-0140515046 | Publication Date: May 27, 2003

This bestselling atlas is an ideal introduction to the major events and developments in Europe from 1815 to 2000. It now includes more than fifty completely new and updated color maps complemented by accessible, concise text. This revised edition also includes a new section covering 1980 to the dawn of the twenty-first century, with information on a wide range of issues, from population growth to the conflict in the former Yugoslavia.

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About the Author

Colin McEvedy is the author of the companion volumes The New Penguin Atlas of Medieval History and The Penguin Atlas of North American History.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) (May 27, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0140515046
• ISBN-13: 978-0140515046
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 7 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #140,416 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Ancillary Text for AP Modern European History, December 4, 2003

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Michael W. Wilson (Augusta, GA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The New Penguin Atlas of Recent History: Europe Since 1815 (Mass Market Paperback)

I am writing this review to call this book (and its companion, The Penguin Atlas of Modern History by the same author) to the attention of all the teachers and students of Advanced Placement Modern European History. Its conciseness, the entertaining nature of its narrative, and the lucidity of its well-conceived maps make it a wonderful supplement for whatever textbook you use for teaching and learning this subject matter. It can be used effectively throughout the year to make the bewildering detail of the successive epochs of European development more understandable by its clear pinpointing of the strategic objectives the various European states were aiming at. Its discussions are also so compact that they make excellent reviews before tests -- and before the big exam at the end of the year, especially. I can't recommend another work available in this field more highly. Criticism of the military and political emphases of McEvedy's narrative seem beside the point as these were instrumental in acquiring wealth and were, whether we like it or not, the basis of policy decisions for all European rulers. The introduction to this volume is particularly valuable as it challenges the universally accepted notion that Scientific and Industrial Revolutions occurred within an encapsulated time periods as a result of immediate causative factors. Here, McEvedy clearly states that the advantages European states enjoyed were not military, but cultural and administrative. These advantages were accumulated gradually. McEvedy's military/political emphasis is merely the result of his recognition that the acquisition of financial power is the objective of the modern state and that history is the resulting record of the means that shaped these ends. Lastly, one reason I find this work so useful because it is written by a British author with all the advantages that perspective entails for a view of Eurocentric history. Use this work for your APMEH courses!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Atlas of Recent History, February 6, 2010

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Tero "we are all made of stars" (MO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The New Penguin Atlas of Recent History: Europe Since 1815 (Mass Market Paperback)

This series is quite good for the casual history fan, focusing on Europe. But even European countries interacted a bit more broadly by this period. It cuts off at Southern Scandinavia and at the other end North Africa. 1848 to 1980.

For WWII you can find better maps elsewhere, but I found it sufficient for WWI. Also for the period between wars.

The Napoleonic age is in the previous volume.

In pocket size, only the German origin books by Kinder, Vol II of them out of print, offer similar portability:
The Penguin Atlas of World History - Volume II - From the French Revolution to the Prsent (Paperback)
~ Hermann Kinder and Werner Hilgemann (Author)