On the eve of our new students’ arrival, we have a new book for you on the history of Europe, written by a renowned historian Roderick Beaton.
Europe. A New History offers readers a fresh perspective on Europe as the history of an idea and a collective identity, as the publisher puts it. At its heart is the question of what it has meant to be “European” over time, what this identity entails today, and why “Europeanness” has become something more than simply a set of geopolitical boundaries.
” A magisterial history, written with great panache, that is both enlightening and deeply readable. A true tour de force…”
Peter Frankopan
Europe : A New History / Roderick Beaton. London : Allen Lane, 2026. xxvii, 403 pages : illustrations : 25 cm. ISBN 9780241624500. [Call no. 47099]