The eighteenth century Europe, 1688-1815

The eighteenth century was a time of expansion, forming the hinge between the old world and the new for, by its end, change was not only detectable, it was also seen to be irreversible. These specially commissioned chapters, written by experts in the field, address all the major issues in Europe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Blanning, T. C. W. (-)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford [etc.] : Oxford University Press 2000
Colección:The short Oxford history of Europe
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Acceso en línea:Sumario
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the beneficiaries and casualties of expansion / T.C.W. Blanning
  • Politics and the state in eighteenth-century Europe / Julian Swann
  • Orders and classes : eighteenth-century society under pressure / Christof Dipper
  • The European economy in the eighteenth century / Sheilagh Ogilvie
  • Religion and culture / Derek Beales
  • International rivalry and warfare / John A. Lynn
  • Europe and the rest of the world / P.J. Marshall
  • Conclusion : the French Revolution and beyond / T.C.W. Blanning