{"product_id":"europe-a-new-history","title":"Europe: A New History","description":"\u003cb\u003eA bold new history of Europe, from ancient Greece to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A true tour de force.\" --\u003cb\u003ePeter Frankopan, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Silk Roads\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What do we talk about when we talk about Europe? Is it defined by geography? Or is it politics, or shared culture? In \u003ci\u003eEurope\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning historian Roderick Beaton tells the story of Europe as never before--as the history of an idea, and a collective identity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Since its dramatic birth in ancient Greece, \"Europe\" has been defined, and redefined, by its people. Through this powerful lens, and with the narrative drive and scope of a novelist, Beaton deftly surveys Europe's major historical developments: the rise and fall of Rome; the explosion of Christianity; the intellectual ferment of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment; the arrival of Europeans in the Americas; the violent upheavals of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; and the uncertainties of the present. Throughout, original sources allow the voices of the past, from Tacitus to Thatcher, to speak for themselves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Grappling with the multilayered identities that have always come with being European, \u003ci\u003eEurope\u003c\/i\u003e places the Europe of today in a long arc of history stretching back more than 2,500 years.","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984244506855,"sku":"9781541603806","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_a9fe39c4-1531-4b48-b80f-3382161831f3.jpg?v=1776314766","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/europe-a-new-history","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}