The Vertigo Years Blom Philipp
The Vertigo Years Blom Philipp Europe, 1900-1914: a world adrift, a pulsating era of creativity and contradictions. The twentieth century was not born in the trenches of the Somme or…
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The Vertigo Years Blom Philipp
Europe, 1900-1914: a world adrift, a pulsating era of creativity and contradictions. The twentieth century was not born in the trenches of the Somme or Passchendaele--but rather in the fifteen vertiginous years preceding World War I.In this short span of time, a new world order was emerging in ultimately tragic contradiction to the old. The major topics of the day: terrorism, globalization, immigration, consumerism, the collapse of moral values, and the rivalry of superpowers.
These were the years in which the political and personal repercussions of the Industrial Revolution were felt worldwide: Cities grew like never before as people fled the countryside and their traditional identities; science created new possibilities as well as nightmares; education changed the outlook of millions of people; mass-produced items transformed daily life; industrial laborers demanded a share of