The ascendancy of Europe 1815-1914
This new edition of the seminal and best selling history of Europe's century of global ascendancy includes a new introduction and bibliography. The carefully drawn discussions are pulled together and reinforced by a new afterword. Presented in a new textbook format and thoroughly revised throug...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxon [England] :
Routledge
2013.
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| Edición: | 3rd edition |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009623539906719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; The Ascendancy of Europe, 1815-1914; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the Third Edition; Introduction; 1. The political and economic balance of power; The concert of Europe, 1815-c. 1850; The balance of power revolutionized, c. 1850-1871; Germany and Europe, 1871-1914; 1914: the end of the old Europe; 2. The mechanics of government: freedom and authority; The old régime and its adversaries, 1815-1848; The revolutions of 1848; The age of reconstruction, 1849-1871; The growth of state power, 187I-1914
- 3. Economy and society: the new and the oldThe growth of population; The growth of industry and the emergence of industrial man; The development of transport and its implications; An age of cities; The new society and the old; The weight of the past: traditional Europe; 4. States and nations; The triumph of nationalism; Challenges to nationalism; Nationalism in the non-European world and the challenge to Europe; Nationalism and progress; 5. Europe and the world; The process of expansion; The roots of expansion; The results of expansion; 6. Armed forces and war
- Warfare in transition, 1815-1854Warfare transformed, 1854-1871; Technology and mass armies, 1871-1914; 7. Romanticism, evolution, consciousness: the movement of ideas; The romantic attitude; The evolutionary credos; The exploration of consciousness and the growth of self-doubt; Conclusion; Select Bibliography; Index
