LEADER 03750oam 2200613I 450 001 9910808296503321 005 20230803035209.0 010 $a1-317-86851-X 010 $a1-315-83565-7 010 $a1-317-86852-8 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315835655 035 $a(CKB)3710000000186077 035 $a(EBL)1741867 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001323503 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12617987 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001323503 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11491753 035 $a(PQKB)10153067 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1741867 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1741867 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10895169 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL628291 035 $a(OCoLC)884015642 035 $a(OCoLC)958102081 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000186077 100 $a20180706e20132003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe ascendancy of Europe 1815-1914 /$fM.S. Anderson 205 $aThird edition. 210 1$aOxon [England] :$cRoutledge,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (461 p.) 300 $aFirst published 2003 by Pearson Education. 311 $a1-138-16811-4 311 $a0-582-77259-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 re?gime and its adversaries, 1815-1848; The revolutions of 1848; The age of reconstruction, 1849-1871; The growth of state power, 187I-1914 327 $a3. 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 327 $aWarfare 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 330 $aThis 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 607 $aEurope$xHistory$y1815-1871 607 $aEurope$xHistory$y1871-1918 676 $a940.2/8 676 $a940.28 700 $aAnderson$b M. S$g(Matthew Smith),$0173266 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808296503321 996 $aThe ascendancy of Europe 1815-1914$94114304 997 $aUNINA