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24 alternatives to The Vertigo Years: Europe 1900-1914

Panorama of life in Europe before the First World War

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Vertigo Years: Europe 1900-1914 launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes To War▲61
The path to war and the gripping first clashes
2015 · its alternatives →
2
Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914▲66
Why a group of well-meaning leaders stumbled into war
2015 · its alternatives →
3
The Great War and Modern Memory ▲77
Profound study on how WW1 created our ironic, modern world
2015 · its alternatives →
4
Sapiens▲185
A brief history of humankind
2015 · its alternatives →
5
Capital in the Twenty-First Century▲75
Detailed account of economic factors and flows of capital.
2015 · its alternatives →
6
Before the dawn▲66
Recovering the lost history of our ancestors
2015 · its alternatives →
7
War in Val D’Orcia▲55
An Italian War diary 1943–1944
2016 · its alternatives →
8
The Shape of Time▲62
Remarks on the history of things
2016 · its alternatives →
9
Time Travel: A History▲63
A meditation on exploring time, travel, and technology
2016 · its alternatives →
10
The Muqaddimah▲56
An introduction to history
2015 · its alternatives →
11
Wanderlust▲61
A history of walking
2016 · its alternatives →
12
Dubliners ▲58
Short stories detailing life in 20th century life in Dublin
2015 · its alternatives →
13
Life at Sea▲62
Observations of a Modern Mariner
2015 · its alternatives →
14
Two Years Before the Mast▲62
A story of life at sea in the 19th century
2015 · its alternatives →
15
The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War▲62
Describes the western world that exploded into The Great War
2016 · its alternatives →
16
The Great Depression: A Diary▲66
Day by day overview of the Great Depression
2015 · its alternatives →
17
Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit and Imperial Folly▲68
During WW1 a few random men made the modern Middle East
2015 · its alternatives →
18
A World Undone▲61
The stories of World War I they didn't teach you in school
2015 · its alternatives →
19
The Flaneur: A Stroll Through the Paradoxes of Paris▲65
Edmund White's travelogue of his time in Paris
2015 · its alternatives →
20
The History of the Renaissance World▲72
Engaging survey of incredible stories from 1095 - 1453 CE
2016 · its alternatives →
21
The Oxford History of Board Games▲73
Investigates the myriad board games around the world
2015 · its alternatives →
22
Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning▲56
A new interpretation of Hitler's frightening worldview
2015 · its alternatives →
23
Time Travel: A History▲61
A mind-bending exploration of time travel in fiction
2016 · its alternatives →
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Medieval Graffiti▲70
The lost voices of England's churches
2016 · its alternatives →

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