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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828378303321

Autore

Cook Chris <1945->

Titolo

The Routledge companion to modern European history since 1763 / / Chris Cook and John Stevenson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2005

ISBN

0-203-02373-0

1-134-28185-4

1-134-28186-2

1-280-28150-2

9786610281503

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (635 p.)

Collana

Routledge companions to history

Altri autori (Persone)

StevensonJohn <1946->

Disciplina

940.2

Soggetti

Europe History 18th century

Europe History 1789-1900

Europe History 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-448) and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; LIST OF MAPS; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; I PRINCIPAL RULERS AND MINISTERS; II POLITICAL CHRONOLOGIES; III WAR, DIPLOMACY AND IMPERIALISM; IV SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC HISTORY; V BIOGRAPHIES; VI GLOSSARY OF TERMS; VII TOPIC BIBLIOGRAPHY; MAPS; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

The Routledge Companion to Modern European History since 1763 is a compact and highly accessible work of reference covering the broad sweep of events from the last days of the ancient regime to the ending of the Cold War, and from the reshaping of Eastern Europe to the radical expansion of the European Union in 2004. Within the broad coverage of this outstanding volume, particular attention is given to subjects such as:the era of the Enlightened Despotsthe Revolutionary and Napoleonic era in France, and the revolutions of 1848nationalism and im