Europe's Utopias of Peace explores attempts to create a lasting European peace in the aftermath of the Napoleonic wars and the two world wars. The book charts t

Explores the pursuit of peace in Europe from the 1815 Congress of Vienna through to the 1951 Paris Treaty and beyond

In the wake of the monstrous projects of Hitler, Stalin, Mao, and others in the twentieth century, the idea of utopia has been discredited. Yet, historian Jay W

It is often taken for granted that modernity emerged in Europe and diffused from there across the world. This book questions that assumption and re-examines the