The Routledge Guide to European Political Archives: Sources since 1945
About this ebook
The volume also concentrates on providing resources for areas of Europe’s modern political past now increasingly attracting serious historical research. They include the initial post-war reconstruction era, the rebirth of social democracy in Germany and Italy, the beginning of European integration, relations with Eastern Europe, the Cold War, decolonisation, the fall of Communism, and so forth. A vital part of the story is represented by the papers of the principal architects of European integration, such as Monnet, Spaak, Spinelli, Mansholt, and so forth. However, the remit of this volume extends far beyond statesmen and politicians. It aims to embrace a wider spectrum of European political activism – from libertarians to environmentalists, economists and human rights activists, campaigners for women’s rights, peace activists, anti-globalists, trade unionists, leaders of the student movement, anarchists, federalists and anti-federalists, and a plethora of others.
The wealth of information provided here will make this new publication the standard point of reference for students and historians.
About the author
Chris Cook, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, was educated at St Catherine’s College, Cambridge, before taking his doctorate at Nuffield College Oxford. Formerly Head of the Modern Archives Unit at the London School of Economics, he is co-author (with John Stevenson) of Britain in the Depression, Other publications include the Dictionary of Historical Terms and (with John Paxton) and European Political Facts of the Twentieth Century.
