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035 _a(OCoLC)1143621765
043 _ae------
092 _a940.55
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049 _aNFGA
100 1 _aBetts, Paul,
_d1963-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aRuin and renewal :
_bcivilizing Europe after World War II /
_cPaul Betts.
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bBasic Books,
_c2020.
300 _av, 536 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
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337 _aunmediated
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_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction: Old world made new -- Call to Alms -- Punishment and pity -- Faith and frontiers -- Science, shelter, and civility --empire reclaimed -- Decolonization and African civilization: Ghana, Algeria, and Senegal -- World civilization -- Socialism's civilizing mission in Africa -- Religion, race, and multiculturalism -- Conclusion: New iron curtains -- Afterword and acknowledgements.
520 _a"In 1945, Europe lay in ruins. Some fifty million people were dead, and millions more languished in physical and moral disarray. The devastation of World War II was unprecedented in character as well as in scale. Unlike the First World War, the second blurred the line between soldier and civilian, inflicting untold horrors on people from all walks of life. A continent that had previously considered itself the very measure of civilization for the world had turned into its barbaric opposite. Reconstruction, then, was a matter of turning Europe's "civilizing mission" inward. In this magisterial work, Oxford historian Paul Betts describes how this effort found expression in humanitarian relief work, the prosecution of war crimes against humanity, a resurgent Catholic Church, peace campaigns, expanded welfare policies, renewed global engagement and numerous efforts to salvage damaged cultural traditions. Authoritative and sweeping, Ruin and Renewal is essential reading for anyone hoping to understand how Europe was transformed after the destruction of World War II."--Publisher description.
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