History of Modern Europe

Name: History of Modern Europe
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ISBN: 9780393968859

ISBN-10: 0393968855

ISBN-13: 9780393968859

Edition: 1996

Authors: John Merriman

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This history of Europe since the Renaissance emphasizes not only cultural and social history, but also examines important political and diplomatic events. Major themes covered include the social bases of politics, the rise of the modern state, and relations between the different social classes.

Book details

List price: $81.65
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 1552
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 4.070
Language: English

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Preface
Medieval Legacies and Transforming Discoveries	p. 3
The Renaissance	p. 47
The Two Reformations	p. 87
The Wars of Religion	p. 138
The Rise of the Atlantic Economy: Spain and England	p. 181
England and the Dutch Republic in the Seventeenth Century	p. 232
The Age of Absolutism, 1650-1720	p. 274
The New Philosophy of Science	p. 327
Eighteenth-Century Economic and Social Change	p. 354
Enlightened Thought and the Republic of Letters	p. 399
Eighteenth-Century Dynastic Rivalries and Politics	p. 442
The French Revolution	p. 495
Napoleon and Europe	p. 548
Challenges to Restoration Europe	p. 587
The Middle Classes in the Age of Liberalism	p. 638
The Industrial Revolution, 1800-1850	p. 669
The Revolutions of 1848	p. 715
The Era of National Unification	p. 753
The Dominant Powers in the Age of Liberalism: Britain, France, and Russia	p. 787
Rapid Industrialization and Its Challenges, 1870-1914	p. 844
Mass Politics and Nationalism	p. 902
The Age of European Imperialism	p. 959
The Origins of the Great War	p. 1003
The Great War	p. 1039
Revolutionary Russia and the Soviet Union	p. 1085
The Elusive Search for Stability in the 1920s	p. 1139
The Europe of Depression and Dictatorship	p. 1186
World War II	p. 1239
Rebuilding Divide Europe	p. 1291
The Emergence of Contemporary Europe and the Collapse of Communism	p. 1351
Further Readings	p. 1411
Credits	p. 1433
Index	p. 1447
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