{"product_id":"europe-roderick-beaton-9781541603806","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 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\u003eplaces the Europe of today in a long arc of history stretching back more than 2,500 years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roderick Beaton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 154160380X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781541603806\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.25w x 1.37d","brand":"Roderick Beaton","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47424787710207,"sku":"9781541603806","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d6cc4908-5e6d-4851-8742-4088f047d556.jpg?v=1761532524","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/europe-roderick-beaton-9781541603806","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}