Philipp Blom has 3 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 3 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4.5★ across 3 ratings. The most-rated is The Vertigo Years.
The Vertigo Years
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Europe, 1900 - 1914: a world adrift, a pulsating era of creativity and contradictions. The major topics of the day: terrorism, globalization, immigration, consumerism, the collapse of moral values, and the rivalry of superpowers. The 20th century was not born in the trenches of the Somme or Passchendaelebut rather in the 15 vertiginous years preceding World War I. In this short span of time, a new world order was emerging in ultimately tragic contradiction to the old. These were the years in which the political and personal repercussions of the Industrial Revolution were felt worldwide: Cities grew like never before as people fled the countryside and their traditional identities; science created new possibilities as well as nightmares; education changed the outlook of millions of people; mass-produced items transformed daily life; industrial laborers demanded a share of political power; and women sought to change their place in society as well as the very fabric of sexual relations. From the tremendous hope for a new century embodied in the 1900 Worlds Fair in Paris to the shattering assassination of a Habsburg archduke in Sarajevo in 1914, historian Philipp Blom chronicles this extraordinary epoch year by year. Prime Ministers and peasants, anarchists and actresses, scientists and psychopaths intermingle on the stage of a new century in this portrait of an opulent, unstable age on the brink of disaster. Beautifully written and replete with deftly told anecdotes, The Vertigo Years brings the wonders, horrors, and fears of the early 20th century vividly to life.
©2008 Phillip Blom (P)2009 Audible, Inc.
Nature's Mutiny
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An illuminating work of environmental history that chronicles the great climate crisis of the 1600s, which transformed the social and political fabric of Europe. Although hints of a crisis appeared as early as the 1570s, the temperature by the end of the 16th century plummeted so drastically that Mediterranean harbors were covered with ice, birds literally dropped out of the sky, and "frost fairs" were erected on a frozen Thames - with kiosks, taverns, and even brothels that become a semi-permanent part of the city. Recounting the deep legacy and far-ranging consequences of this "Little Ice Age", acclaimed historian Philipp Blom reveals how the European landscape had subtly, but ineradicably, changed by the mid-17th century. While apocalyptic weather patterns destroyed entire harvests and incited mass migrations, they gave rise to the growth of European cities, the emergence of early capitalism, and the vigorous stirrings of the Enlightenment. A timely examination of how a society responds to profound and unexpected change, Nature's Mutiny will transform the way we think about climate change in the 21st century and beyond.
©2017 Carl Hanser Verlag München; translation copyright 2019 by Carl Hanser Verlag München (P)2019 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books
Was auf dem Spiel steht
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Freiheit, Demokratie, Gerechtigkeit: Die Ideen des modernen Staats entstanden während der Aufklärung. Im 21. Jahrhundert haben wir uns längst daran gewöhnt. Dass Populisten mit dem Versprechen einer autoritären Gesellschaft Mehrheiten organisieren, ist dagegen eine neue Erfahrung. Der Historiker Philipp Blom sieht die westlichen Gesellschaften vor einer prekären Wahl: radikale Marktliberale einerseits, autoritäre Populisten andererseits. Sie gaukeln uns einfache Lösungen für die globalen Herausforderungen vor. Nur mit einem illusionslosen, historisch informierten Blick auf die Gegenwart und mit der Überzeugung, dass allen Menschen ein freies Leben zusteht, können wir unsere humane Gesellschaft retten. >> Diese ungekürzte Hörbuch-Fassung genießt du exklusiv nur bei Audible.
©2017 Carl Hanser Verlag GmbH & Co. KG (P)2018 Audible Studios