Synopses & Reviews
Alan Steele Milward 's work on 19th- and 20th-century history remains at the forefront of numerous contemporary debates. It covers many disciplines: economic, political, and diplomatic history; political science; economics; international relations; and European Studies in general. Professor Milward is well known not only in the United States and Europe but also in Japan and China. Indeed, his influence extends beyond the academic world, referenced by European governments in creation of national policy. Quite apart from simply acknowledging Professor Milward 's pioneering contribution to contemporary British and European history, however, Alan S. Milward and a Century of European Change serves instead as an introduction to his work, to present and future generations of students, scholars, and policy makers.
This book provides a solid historiographical overview of the impact of Milward 's works, written by senior scholars. The themes of the essays reflect Professor Milward 's main areas of interest in his life-long program of historical research: the role of the modern European nation-state in the social, economic and political development of Europe since the 19th century; the overall social and economic impact of the two world wars; the reconstruction of Western Europe; the rationale behind the Marshall Plan and its long-term consequences; and the multidisciplinary study of the process of the political and economic integration of Europe in a long-term perspective.
Synopsis
The main purpose of the book is to introduce the work of Alan S. Milward and to acknowledge the full magnitude of his scientific contribution to contemporary British and European history. The book is a collection of essays which provide a better understanding of Alan Milward 's extensive intellectual work for future scholars and facilitate the knowledge and transmission of his published work to present and future generations of students, scholars in the various disciplines concerned, and the general public. The series of original contributions which this book contains are related to or reflect critically upon Milward 's own contributions to the fields of political, diplomatic, and socio-economic history, political science, economics, international relations, and European Studies in general. This book honors Alan Milward through a better understanding of his many pioneering contributions in the fields of contemporary European history in general, and the history of European integration in particular. Although the volume does not aim to be a substitute for Milward 's work itself, it illuminates and assesses his creative process along fifty years of continued and intense work, as well as the impact of his main work, and the continuing relevance of his main theses today.