The ascendancy of Europe 1815-1914 / / M.S. Anderson

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910786625103321
• Autore: Anderson M. S (Matthew Smith)
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2013
• ISBN: 1-317-86851-X; 1-315-83565-7; 1-317-86852-8
• Edizione: [Third edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (461 p.)
• Disciplina: 940.2/8
• Soggetti: Europe History 1815-1871; Europe History 1871-1918
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: First published 2003 by Pearson Education.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 throughout, the survey provides students with an invaluable guide to a notoriously complex period. Lucidly written and constructed as a series of essays, the text covers the political and economic balance of power, the mechanics of government, economy and society, states, nations, europe and the world, Arme