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Maps | |
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Illustrations | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Introduction | |
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Ideas Shape the Modern State | |
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The Age of Enlightenment | |
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Society and Culture | |
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Society and Economics | |
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Society and Politics | |
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War, Revolution, and the Modern State | |
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International Rivalry in the Eighteenth Century | |
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Old Regimes under Stress | |
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The French Revolution | |
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Napoleon Bonaparte | |
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The Congress of Vienna and the Hundred Days | |
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Industrialization Shapes the Nation-state | |
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Revolution in Industry and Labor | |
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Politics in the Age of Metternich | |
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Reform and Revolution | |
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Industry Transforms Society | |
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The Challenges of Nation Building | |
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War, Revolution, and the Nation-state | |
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The Political Landscape: 1870-1914 | |
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The Road to Conflict | |
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The Great War: 1914-1918 | |
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The End of the Great War | |
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Appendix | |
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Baron Charles de Secondat de Montesquieu, The Spirit of Laws | |
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Cesare Beccaria, An Essay on Crimes and Punishments | |
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Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and the Causes of the Wealth of Nations | |
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Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Women | |
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Frederich the Great, Address to His Generals and Staff Officers | |
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Maria Theresa, Letter to Her Son Regarding the Partition of Poland | |
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George III, Letter to Lord North on the Necessity of Subduing the American Colonies | |
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Viscount Noailles, Speech to the National Assembly | |
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The Revolutionary Calendar | |
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Madame de Remusat, Commenting on Attitudes toward Napoleon Bonaparte | |
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Testimony Given before the Ashley Mines Commission | |
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Proclamation of Independence Issued by the Greek National Assembly | |
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Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, Manifesto of the Communist Party | |
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The People's Charter of 1842 | |
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Decrees Issued by the French Provisional Government | |
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A Congress of Labor Leaders Issue a Socialist Program at Gotha in 1875 | |
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Herbert Spencer, Unimpeded Struggle Is a Requisite for Progress | |
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Victor Emmanuel, Address at the Opening Session of Italian Parliament | |
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The Ems Telegram | |
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Alexander II, On the Emancipation of the Russian Serfs | |
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Letter from the "Executive Committee of the Will of the People" to Tsar Alexander III | |
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The Austrian Ultimatum to Serbia | |
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Prince Regent Alexander of Serbia, Telegram to Tsar Nicholas | |
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Private Donald Fraser, Journal | |
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Woodrow Wilson, "Speech on the Fourteen Points" | |
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Vladimir Lenin, Rebuttal to Opponents of Insurrection | |
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The Treaty of Versailles | |
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Bibliography | |
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Index | |
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About the Authors | |