Compendium of Contemporary History – 33/4

The new Compendium of Contemporary History , now in its VIII edition , offers a complete and updated overview of the entire period that goes from the Congress of Vienna (1814-1815) to the first decades of the 21st century , proposing itself as an indispensable study tool for the preparation of the university exams and to all the competitions which include the study of this subject.

In line with the most advanced trends in historiographical research, the text not only describes a broad overview of the political and military events , but also delves into the cultural, religious, economic and social dimension of the narrated facts, focusing on events and protagonists that have most characterized this historical process through an organic exposition of the contents addressed. The aim is not only to facilitate an adequate assimilation of the notions of the discipline in question, but also to provide original and diversified ideas to better understand the current reality and many of the themes spread daily by the mass media.

The treatment in this Compendium of Contemporary History , conducted with clear and essential language, is integrated by both verification quiz at the end of each chapter (hundreds in the entire volume), to more reliably "test" the preparation achieved, both by multiple teaching aids ( historiographical analyses, in-depth information sheets ) which the reader can use to more effectively establish the space-time coordinates of the topics described and to further expand, through the study of aspects and curiosities often overlooked in traditional historiographical narration, the knowledge actually acquired.