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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455456403321

Titolo

Themes in modern European history, 1830-90 / / edited by Bruce Waller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 1990, 1998

ISBN

1-134-87581-9

1-280-32738-3

9786610327386

0-203-14617-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (324 p.)

Collana

Themes in modern European history

Altri autori (Persone)

WallerBruce

Disciplina

940.28

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Europe History 1789-1900

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published: London : Unwin Hyman, 1990.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Introduction; Maps: Europe 1830 and 1890; Revolutionary movements in nineteenth-century Europe; France: the search for stability, 1830  90; Italy: independence and unification without power; Germany: independence and unification with power; Explaining the Habsburg Empire, 1830  90; Russia: tsarism and the West; Progress, prosperity and positivism: cultural trends in mid-century; Shifting patterns of political thought and action: liberalism, nationalism, socialism; Steam: revolution in warfare and the economy; Relations between states and nations

Europe and the wider worldContributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Providing a series of lively essays which reflect the skills that historians have to master when challenged by problems of evidence, interpretation, and presentation, this important new text covers the topics of France, Germany, Italy, Austria, and Russia, as well as analyzing the themes of political thought, cultural trends, the economy and warfare, international relations and imperialism.Six distinguished scholars, all of whom are regularly involved in student teaching, provide an authoritative student guide to the main contours of nineteenth-century European history when the conti