Between 1870 and 1890, Europe underwent significant changes: nation-states consolidated in parallel with growing global interdependencies. Scientific innovations fascinated and frightened at the same time. Economic dynamics led to new forms of social inequality. The political mass market brought participation, but also exclusion and oppression. The ambivalences of high modernity took on unmistakable contours. The volume introduces research debates and includes an extensive bibliography.

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