A People's History of Europe

From World War I to Today

Raquel Varela, Kevin Murphy, Kevin Murphy

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Portuguese

Pluto Press
20 February 2021

European history; National liberation & independence, post-colonialism; Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions; The Cold War

Series: People's History People's History

This concise people's history of Europe tells the story of the last hundred years of a very old continent and the ordinary people that shaped the events that defined it from World War I to today. From the Russian Revolution, through May '68 and the Prague Spring, to the present day, we hear from workers, trade unionists, conscientious objectors and activists and learn of revolutions, labour movements, immigration struggles and anti-colonial conflicts. Cutting against the grain of mainstream histories, this is a history of Europe told from below.

Containing new and fascinating insights, Raquel Varela paints a different picture of the European story; one where ordinary Europeans are active agents of their own history.

By: Raquel Varela
Foreword by: Kevin Murphy, Kevin Murphy
Imprint: Pluto Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 215mm, Width: 135mm,
Weight: 278g
ISBN: 9780745341354
ISBN 10: 0745341357
Series: People's History People's History
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 20 February 2021
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Raquel Varela is a labour historian, researcher and Professor at New University of Lisbon, and Honorary Fellow at the International Institute for Social History. She is also president of the International Association of Strikes and Social Conflicts and co-editor of its journal. She is the author of A People's History of the Portuguese Revolution (Pluto, 2018). Kevin Murphy is Associate Lecturer in History at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.

Reviews for A People's History of Europe: From World War I to Today

'A vivid and passionate fresco of a century of tumultuous European social history' -- Pietro Basso, Ca' Foscari University of Venice 'Raquel Varela succeeds in explaining the disasters of European neoliberalism, without ever romanticising the social pact that went before it. In a work with a rich sense of historical possibility, she shows how every inch of social progress had to be fought for and how little it ever had to do with the European institutions' -- David Broder, 'Jacobin'