Format:
1 online resource (338 pages)
ISBN:
9780742568792
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0742527662
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0742527670
Content:
Europe 1715-1919 explores the tumultuous period in European History between the Age of Enlightenment and World War I. By integrating political, social, economic, and cultural history, the authors provide an entertaining and comprehensive account of the emergence of modern Europe. Eminently readable, Europe 1715-1919 will appeal to students, scholars, and all interested in the history of modern Europe.
Content:
CONTENTS -- MAPS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 IDEAS SHAPE THE MODERN STATE -- THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT -- SOCIETY AND CULTURE -- SOCIETY AND ECONOMICS -- SOCIETY AND POLITICS -- NOTES -- 2 WAR, REVOLUTION, AND THE MODERN STATE -- INTERNATIONAL RIVALRY IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY -- OLD REGIMES UNDER STRESS -- THE FRENCH REVOLUTION -- NAPOLEON BONAPARTE -- THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA AND THE HUNDRED DAYS -- NOTE -- 3 INDUSTRIALIZATION SHAPES THE NATION-STATE -- REVOLUTION IN INDUSTRY AND LABOR -- POLITICS IN THE AGE OF METTERNICH -- REFORM AND REVOLUTION -- INDUSTRY TRANSFORMS SOCIETY -- THE CHALLENGES OF NATION BUILDING -- 4 WAR, REVOLUTION, AND THE NATION-STATE -- THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE: 1870-1914 -- THE ROAD TO CONFLICT -- THE GREAT WAR: 1914-1918 -- THE END OF THE GREAT WAR -- NOTES -- APPENDIX -- DOCUMENT I: BARON CHARLES DE SECONDAT DE MONTESQUIEU -- DOCUMENT II: CESARE BECCARIA -- DOCUMENT III: ADAM SMITH -- DOCUMENT IV: MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT -- DOCUMENT V: FREDERICH THE GREAT'S ADDRESS TO HIS GENERALS AND STAFF OFFICERS ON DECEMBER 3, 1757, BEFORE HIS VICTORY AT LEUTHEN -- DOCUMENT VI: MARIA THERESA'S LETTER TO HER SON REGARDING THE PARTITION OF POLAND -- DOCUMENT VII: GEORGE III'S LETTER TO LORD NORTH ON THE NECESSITY OF SUBDUING THE AMERICAN COLONIES (JUNE 11, 1779) -- DOCUMENT VIII: VISCOUNT NOAILLES'S SPEECH IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, AUGUST 4, 1789 -- DOCUMENT IX: THE REVOLUTIONARY CALENDAR -- DOCUMENT X: MADAME DE REMUSAT COMMENTING ON ATTITUDES TOWARD NAPOLEON BONAPARTE -- DOCUMENT XI: TESTIMONY GIVEN BEFORE THE ASHLEY MINES COMMISSION, WHICH INVESTIGATED LABOR CONDITIONS -- DOCUMENT XII: PROCLAMATION OF INDEPENDENCE ISSUED BY THE GREEK NATIONAL ASSEMBLY -- DOCUMENT XIII: KARL MARX AND FRIEDRICH ENGELS -- DOCUMENT XIV: THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER, 1842.
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CONTENTS; MAPS; ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 IDEAS SHAPE THE MODERN STATE; 2 WAR, REVOLUTION, AND THE MODERN STATE; 3 INDUSTRIALIZATION SHAPES THE NATION-STATE; 4 WAR, REVOLUTION, AND THE NATION-STATE; APPENDIX; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780742527676
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780742527676
Language:
English
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