Themes in modern European history, 1780-1830 / / edited by Pamela M. Pilbeam

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1995
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (280 p.)
• Disciplina: 940.2/7
• Soggetto geografico: Europe History 1789-1815; Europe History 1815-1848
• Altri autori: PilbeamPamela M. <1941->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Themes in Modern European History 1780-1830; Copyright; Contents; Maps; Figures; Tables; Notes on contributors; Chapter 1. Introducing Europe in revolutionand war; Chapter 2. The French Revolution; Chapter 3. Napoleon Bonaparte and theFrench Revolution; Chapter 4. The eastern empires from the ancien regime to the challenge of the French wars, 1780-c.1806; Chapter 5. The eastern empires from the challenge of Napoleon to the Restoration, c. 1806-30; Chapter 6. The 'Restoration' of westernEurope, 1814-15; Chapter 7. Revolutionary movements in western Europe, 1814-30 ; Chapter 8. The challenge of industrializationChapter 9. The growth of population; Chapter 10. European society in revolution; Chapter 11. Reason and romanticism: currents of social and political thought; Conclusion: Liberty - and order?; Chronology of main events; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Themes in Modern European History 1780-1830 is an authoritative and lively exploration of a period dominated by events which have shaped modern Europe. In a series of articles, six leading academics present some controversial conclusions:* the east/west contrast in Europe today has more to do with responses to the French Revolution of 1789 than the Russian Revolution of 1917* the conservative Europe of 1814 was the product of the Romantic imagnation, not a `Restoration' of the old regimeSpanning political, social, economic and demographic facets of revolutions, this is
• Titolo autorizzato: Themes in modern European history, 1780-1830
• ISBN: 1-134-85340-8; 0-415-10172-7; 1-280-53932-1; 9786610539321; 1-134-85341-6; 0-203-18514-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910825374103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Themes in Modern European History Series