The Oxford History of Modern Europe is a series of books on the history of Modern Europe published by the Clarendon Press (an imprint of Oxford University Press) from 1954. The most recent volume appeared in 2022. The series was originally edited by Alan Bullock and F.W.D. Deakin and was intended to cover the period from the French Revolution to the Second World War.
Books The series comprises a succession of self-contained monographs, usually addressing an individual country or theme. They are, in order of publication:
Author Title Release date Pages ISBN Awards A.J.P. Taylor The Struggle for Mastery in Europe 1848–1918 1954 638 Raymond Carr Spain, 1808–1939 1966; 1982 (2d ed.) 766 Hugh Seton-Watson The Russian Empire, 1801–1917 1967 813 Theodore Zeldin France, 1848–1945, Vol 1: Ambition, Love and Politics 1973 823 Won 1974 Wolfson History Prize Theodore Zeldin France, 1848–1945, Vol 2: Intellect, Taste and Anxiety 1977 1202 E.H. Kossmann The Low Countries, 1780–1940 1978 793 Gordon A. Craig Germany, 1866–1945 1978 840 James J. Sheehan German History, 1770–1866 1989 986 Paul W. Schroeder The Transformation of European Politics, 1763–1848 1994 916 Named a Choice Outstanding Academic Book for 1995 Keith Hitchins Rumania, 1866–1947 1994 587 Named a Choice Outstanding Academic Book for 1995 David Vital A People Apart: The Jews in Europe, 1789–1939 1999 962 Zara Steiner The Lights that Failed: European International History 1919–1933 2005 953 Richard J. Crampton Bulgaria 2007 528 Paul Bew Ireland: The Politics of Enmity, 1789–2006 2007 625 Named a Choice Outstanding Academic Book for 2009; Shortlisted for the 2009 Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize Zara Steiner The Triumph of the Dark: European International History, 1933–1939 2011 1236 David W. Ellwood The Shock of America: Europe and the Challenge of the Century 2012 598 John W. Boyer Austria 1867-1955 2022 1056
Reception Writing in 2005, David Stevenson observed that the series "belongs to a more leisured era" and noted that no volumes were ever published which deal with Austria, Italy and Soviet Russia. Nonetheless, he observed that "the formula has generated a number of classics, which have remained in print for decades." A volume on Austria was, however, released in 2022.
See also The New Cambridge Modern History (1957–1979)
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