There is a wealth of content on the EU on the web, which can be readily located via a search engine. The links below are an indication of what is available for topics relating to Chapter 1. European University Institute http://www.eui.eu/Research/Library/ResearchGuides/EuropeanInformation/Index.aspx The web is full of information on EU history; here are just a few pages that are quite good. General EU history sites
A brief history, plus key events of each year from 1946 onwards
http://europa.eu/about-eu/eu-history/index_en.htm
Early post-war period
Pages with photos and videos showing hard times in Europe
www.trumanlibrary.org
Historical bases of European integration
The history of OECD in more detail
http://www.oecd.org/document
The first treaties
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/factsheets/1_1_1_en.htm
Developments up to the Single European Acthttp://www.europarl.europa.eu/factsheets/1_1_2_en.htm
The Maastricht and Amsterdam Treaties: prospects for the European Unionhttp://www.europarl.europa.eu/factsheets/1_1_3_en.htm
The Single Market Programme & EEAhttp://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/index_en.htm http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/external_relations/index_en.htm
Communism’s creeping failure and spectacular collapsewww.zum.de www.historywiz.com |