A Generation of Materialism, 1871-1900

The Rise of Modern Europe #16

by Carlton J.H. Hayes

"The impartiality and fair-mindedness which the historian must set as his goal are severely tested in writing about a period so near to us as this. Professor Hayes passes the test admirably. He has, of course, feelings that are engaged, and these he very straightforwardly makes clear in his preface. He has packed into a single volume an immense amount of information and good sense."
- Crane Brenton

"A brilliant, illuminating account of an epoch which is considered as a climax of enlightenment and a source of disillusionment. A reappraisal that must be read."
- Social Studies

"This stimulating volume is 'living history,' written by a man who has keenly observed and sincerely interpreted his age."
- Franklin C. Palm, The American Historical Review

Contents
I. Power Politics in the Wake of National War
II. The Fruition of Liberalism
III. The Rapid Mechanizing of Work and Thought
IV. Religion and the Arts
V. Emergence of the Masses
VI. Resurgence of Economic Nationalism and National Imperialism
VII. Seed-time of Totalitarian Nationalism
VIII. The European State System in the Century's Last Decade
IX. The Climax of the Enlightenment

Genres: History, European History

390 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1941

About the author

American historian, educator, diplomat, devout Catholic and academic. '

He was a leading and pioneering specialist on the study of nationalism. He was elected as president of the American Historical Association over the opposition of liberals and the more explicit Anti-Catholic bias that defined the academic community of his era.

He served as United States Ambassador to Spain in World War II. Although he came under attack from the CIO, communists and other forces on the left that rejected any dealings with Francoist Spain, Hayes succeeded in his mission to keep Spain neutral during the war.