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By chronicling the events from the 1913 premiere of the ballet The Rite of Spring to Adolf Hitler's death in 1945, this book probes into the causes and effects of World War I from an artistic perspective. It provides an insightful reading of the relationship between social consciousness, cultural dynamics, and World War I. In this book, Modris Eksteins examines the lives of ordinary people, literary works, and significant social events of the time, displaying how people in particular historical periods established modern ideas and forms of awareness.
Modris Eksteins is a prominent Canadian historian, professor of history at the University of Toronto, and best-selling author. His book Rites of Spring won the Wallace K. Ferguson Prize award and the Trillium Book Award. His book, Walking Since Daybreak, also won the Pearson Writers' Trust Non-Fiction Prize.