UID:
edocfu_9959227297102883
Format:
1 online resource (280 p.)
ISBN:
1-134-85340-8
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0-415-10172-7
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1-280-53932-1
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9786610539321
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1-134-85341-6
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0-203-18514-5
Series Statement:
Themes in modern European history
Content:
Themes in Modern European History 1780-1830 is an authoritative and lively exploration of a period dominated by events which have shaped modern Europe. In a series of articles, six leading academics present some controversial conclusions:* the east/west contrast in Europe today has more to do with responses to the French Revolution of 1789 than the Russian Revolution of 1917* the conservative Europe of 1814 was the product of the Romantic imagnation, not a `Restoration' of the old regimeSpanning political, social, economic and demographic facets of revolutions, this is
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Cover; Themes in Modern European History 1780-1830; Copyright; Contents; Maps; Figures; Tables; Notes on contributors; Chapter 1. Introducing Europe in revolutionand war; Chapter 2. The French Revolution; Chapter 3. Napoleon Bonaparte and theFrench Revolution; Chapter 4. The eastern empires from the ancien regime to the challenge of the French wars, 1780-c.1806; Chapter 5. The eastern empires from the challenge of Napoleon to the Restoration, c. 1806-30; Chapter 6. The 'Restoration' of westernEurope, 1814-15; Chapter 7. Revolutionary movements in western Europe, 1814-30
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Chapter 8. The challenge of industrializationChapter 9. The growth of population; Chapter 10. European society in revolution; Chapter 11. Reason and romanticism: currents of social and political thought; Conclusion: Liberty - and order?; Chronology of main events; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-138-43224-5
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-10173-5
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203185148
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