The Proud Tower

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The Proud Tower is a historical work by Barbara W. Tuchman that examines the political and social landscape of the Western world in the decades leading up to World War I.

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instanceOf book
history book
author Barbara W. Tuchman NERFINISHED
awarded Richard H. Weil Award (American Bar Association) for chapter on the Dreyfus case NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
coversEvent American populism and progressivism
British parliamentary reforms
Dreyfus Affair NERFINISHED
anarchist violence in Europe
growth of socialist movements
rise of German militarism
focusesOn political landscape before World War I
social landscape before World War I
genre history
political history
social history
hasFormat audiobook
e-book
hardcover
paperback
hasISBN 978-0-345-37660-3
hasPart chapter on British politics
chapter on German militarism
chapter on anarchism
chapter on the Dreyfus Affair
chapter on the United States in the Gilded Age / Progressive Era
hasPerspective narrative history
intendedAudience general readers
students of modern history
isPartOf Barbara W. Tuchman bibliography
language English
libraryOfCongressClassification D395 .T8
mediaType print
notableFor essay-like chapter structure
portrayal of Western elites before World War I
oclcNumber 221034
pageCount approximately 500 pages
precedes The Guns of August NERFINISHED
publicationYear 1966
publisher Macmillan Publishers NERFINISHED
setInPeriod Belle Époque NERFINISHED
subject Western world politics
Western world society
pre-World War I Europe
timePeriodCovered 1890–1914
titleFrom Edgar Allan Poe poem "The City in the Sea" NERFINISHED

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The Guns of August hasSequel The Proud Tower
Barbara Tuchman notableWork The Proud Tower