03750oam 2200613I 450 991080829650332120230803035209.01-317-86851-X1-315-83565-71-317-86852-810.4324/9781315835655 (CKB)3710000000186077(EBL)1741867(SSID)ssj0001323503(PQKBManifestationID)12617987(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001323503(PQKBWorkID)11491753(PQKB)10153067(MiAaPQ)EBC1741867(Au-PeEL)EBL1741867(CaPaEBR)ebr10895169(CaONFJC)MIL628291(OCoLC)884015642(OCoLC)958102081(EXLCZ)99371000000018607720180706e20132003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe ascendancy of Europe 1815-1914 /M.S. AndersonThird edition.Oxon [England] :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (461 p.)First published 2003 by Pearson Education.1-138-16811-4 0-582-77259-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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-19143. 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 warWarfare 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; IndexThis 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, ArmeEuropeHistory1815-1871EuropeHistory1871-1918940.2/8940.28Anderson M. S(Matthew Smith),173266FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910808296503321The ascendancy of Europe 1815-19144114304UNINA