The Author Examines Historical Events From 1890 To The Outbreak Of World War I Including The Boxer Rebellion, The Boer War, The Dreyfus Case, The Growth Of Anti-semitism, The Arms Race, The Economic Crisis, And The Growth Of Urbanization. 1900: A Synoptic View -- Fin De Siecle -- The Dragon Awakes -- Cape To Cairo -- Berlin To Baghdad -- Oriflamme And Tricolore -- Chauvin's Legacy -- The Great Illusion -- Let Candles Be Brought In -- Under The Flag -- The Red Tide Advances -- Modern Magnates -- Urbi Et Orbi -- The Humiliated And Reviled -- The Slipping Mask -- The Almanach De Gotha -- News For Everyone -- The State Encroaches Upon Society -- ... And Society Encroaches Upon The State -- The Festival Of Hope And Fulfillment -- The Promised Land -- The Triumph Of The Atom -- Mystery Regained -- In Vitro And In Vivo -- Weal And Wealth -- With Neither Blindfold Nor Sword -- The Riddle Of The Sphinx -- Insight Through Impotence -- Language As Symbol -- The Excitable Age -- The Crisis Of Values -- Babel And Bible -- A Hundred And One Prophets -- Before The Footlights -- Every Man A Phoenix -- Noa-noa -- Art Nouveau -- Daybreak After Gotterdammerung -- The Way Of All Flesh -- The Idol Behind The Glass -- The Century Of The Child -- The Dark Gate. Jan Romein ; Translated By Arnold J. Pomerans. Translation Of Op Het Breukvlak Van Twee Eeuwen. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 708-757.

Op het breukvlak van twee eeuwen

Jan Marius Romein; Arnold J Pomerans

Romein, Jan, 1893-1962

United States, United States of America

1st pbk. ed, Middletown, Conn, 1982

First Edition, PS, 1981

Translation of: Op het breukvlak van twee eeuwen.

xxxviii, 783 pages ; 22 cm
Translation of: Op het breukvlak van twee eeuwen
Includes bibliographical references (pages 708-757) and index

2023-06-28