War and Social Change in Modern Europe: The Great Transformation Revisited

Sandra Halperin

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511756030

Halperin traces the persistence of traditional class structures during the development of industrial capitalism in Europe, and the way in which these structures shaped states and state behavior and generated conflict. She documents European conflicts between 1789 and 1914, including small and medium scale conflicts often ignored by researchers and links these conflicts to structures characteristic of industrial capitalist development in Europe before 1945. This book revisits the historical terrain of Karl Polanyi's The Great Transformation (1944), however, it argues that Polanyi's analysis is, in important ways, inaccurate and misleading. Ultimately, the book shows how and why the conflicts both culminated in the world wars and brought about a 'great transformation' in Europe. Its account of this period challenges not only Polanyi's analysis, but a variety of influential perspectives on nationalism, development, conflict, international systems change, and globalization.

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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Tables
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Preface
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INTRODUCTION
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1 - Conflict and Change in World Politics
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3 - Europe's Nineteenth-Century Industrial Expansion: A “Bottom Up” Perspective
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4 - Europe's Century of War, 1815–1914
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5 - World War I and the Postwar Retrenchment
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II - THE INTERREGNUM
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6 - The Polarization of European Society, 1918–1939
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III - THE GREAT TRANSFORMATION
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8 - The Post–World War II Order
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9 - The Great Transformation and the Eternal Return: “Globalization” Reconsidered
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Appendix 1 - Europe Defined
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Appendix 2 - A Sample of Europe's Class, Ethnic, and Imperialist Conflicts, 1789–1945
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Works cited
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Index
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vii

Tables
pp viii-viii

Preface
pp ix-xxvi

INTRODUCTION
pp 1-2

1 - Conflict and Change in World Politics
pp 3-48

I - SOCIAL FORCES, INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION, AND CONFLICT IN EUROPE'S NINETEENTH-CENTURY MARKET SYSTEM
pp 49-50

2 - The First Transformation: Social Forces in the Rise of Europe's Nineteenth-Century Market System
pp 51-77

3 - Europe's Nineteenth-Century Industrial Expansion: A “Bottom Up” Perspective
pp 78-118

4 - Europe's Century of War, 1815–1914
pp 119-144

5 - World War I and the Postwar Retrenchment
pp 145-172

II - THE INTERREGNUM
pp 173-174

6 - The Polarization of European Society, 1918–1939
pp 175-199

7 - The Politics of Appeasement and Counterrevolution: International Relations in Europe, 1918–1939
pp 200-232

III - THE GREAT TRANSFORMATION
pp 233-234

8 - The Post–World War II Order
pp 235-268

9 - The Great Transformation and the Eternal Return: “Globalization” Reconsidered
pp 269-296

Appendix 1 - Europe Defined
pp 297-298

Appendix 2 - A Sample of Europe's Class, Ethnic, and Imperialist Conflicts, 1789–1945
pp 299-311

Appendix 3 - European (Regional and Extraregional) Wars, Insurrections, Rebellions, Revolutions, Uprisings, Violent Strikes, Riots, and Demonstrations, 1789–1945
pp 312-444

Works cited
pp 445-498

Index
pp 499-510

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