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From the monarchical terror of the Middle Ages to the mangled Europe of the Twenty-first Century, A People's History of Modern Europe tracks the history of the continent through the deeds of those whom mainstream history tries to forget. Europe provided the perfect conditions for a great number of political revolutions from below.https://twitter.com/KUnlatched/status/1222847939372109824The German peasant wars of Thomas Müntzer, the bourgeoisie revolutions of the eighteenth century through to the rise of the industrial worker in England and the turbulent journey of the Russian Soviets, the role of the European working class throughout the Cold War, students in 1968 and through to the present day, where we continue to fight to forge an alternative to the barbaric economic system. With sections focusing on the role of women, this history sweeps away the tired platitudes of the privileged which our current understanding is based upon, and provides an opportunity to see our history differently.William A. Pelz&#160;is director of the Institute of Working Class History in Chicago and professor of history at Elgin Community College. His recent works include&#160;Wilhelm Liebknecht and German Social Democracy,&#160;The Eugene V. Debs Reader, and&#160;Against Capitalism: The European Left on the March.