Building Europe on Expertise: Innovators, Organizers, Networkers

Focusing on experts in technology and science, Building Europe on Expertise unravels a reading of European history you might not even have considered an option before. It shows that modern Europe was built by experts using their unique knowledge to shape societies, set political agendas, and establish collaborations which proved decisive in integrating the continent. The exciting, unknown and accessible case studies that this book has to offer you are being accompanied by 80 unique illustrations from all parts of Europe.

Martin Kohlrausch teaches European political history at the KU Leuven, Belgium. His main research interests are the relation of modern politics and mass media and the history of experts in the 20th century. He recently published the monograph ‘Brokers of Modernity. East Central Europe and the Rise of Modernist Architects. 1910-1950’ (Leuven: LUP, 2019).

Helmuth Trischler is Head of Research at the Deutsches Museum and teaches modern history and history of technology at Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany. He also serves as director of the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society. He has published books on history of science, technology, and innovation, environmental and mobility history. Helmuth Trischler has been involved in a multitude of national and European research programs, including the ESF-sponsored networks Tensions of Europe and Inventing Europe from the beginnings. He has published 6 books, 20 edited volumes, and some 100 articles on social history, history of science and technology, transport history and environmental history.