History textbooks are almost always group efforts, as specialists are tapped to present what represents the current thinking about their respective eras of specialization. So for a publisher seeking to produce a textbook on 19th and 20th century Europe, Asa Briggs and Patricia Clavin are good choice...
Social histories are tricky, in that you're often going to be dealing with lots of statistics and Big Issues - and by spending less time with individuals often readers can feel really disconnected from the flesh and blood history. It can turn into all numbers and not enough humanity. Briggs manages ...
I liked this book, but found it hard at times to get into. I wouldn't recommend reading it if you're tired or not focused—if it's the case, wait until a better moment. There's plenty of interesting information in it, that made me want to really peruse the matter (and add more to read to my eternally...
Really enjoyed this book, which I read for a college history class. Sadly, I kept getting failing grades on my papers even though I loved all the lectures and read the books with great enthusiasm. The prof couldn't explain at all why he was giving my papers failing grades. I later took them to an En...
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