History in Dispute, Volume 17 - Twentieth-Century European Social and Political Movements, Second Series

What caused the fall of the Roman empire? What did the second amendment to the U.S. constitution mean to the founding fathers? What was the role of black troops in the American Civil War?

History in Dispute addresses these heavily debated questions by offering your students different critical perspectives on major historical events, drawn from all time periods and from all parts of the globe. The intent of this biennial series is to provide students with an enhanced understanding of events only summarized in history texts, help stimulate critical thinking and provide ideas for papers and assignments.

Each volume in the History in Dispute series has a thematic, era or subject-specific focus that coincides with the way history is studied at the academic level. Each volume contains roughly 50 entries, chosen by an advisory board of historians and academics. Entries begin with a brief overview summarizing the controversy. This introduction is followed by two or more signed, point-counterpoint essays of 1,500 to 2,000 words each. Features include excerpts from primary source documents to illuminate the viewpoints presented with each entry; photographs and drawings of individuals, sites, objects or documents pertinent to the event or topic; and a chronological list of events. Volumes include a cumulative subject index.

Look for coverage of:
• World War II
• Civil and human rights
• The Cold War
• The Depression
• The Vietnam War
• The Civil War
• World colonization
• The rise and fall of nations
• Biblical times
• The Soviet Union
• Native America
• And more

History in Dispute, Volume 17: Twentieth-
Century European Social and Political Movements,
Second Series explores new contours in the historiography
of modern Europe. While History in Dispute,
Volume 16: Twentieth-Century European Social and
Political Movements, First Series examined political,
diplomatic, and military themes, Volume 17 delves
broadly into disputed questions of culture, society,
ideas, and economics, topics that now enjoy a notable
vogue in the historical profession. This new vein
of inquiry is an attempt to assess previously overlooked
roots and causes of events and investigate
the engines of long-term continuities.