History of Modern Europe Vol. 2 : From the French Revolution to the Present
ISBN: 9780393933857 | 0393933857
Edition: 3rdFormat: Textbook Paperback
Publisher: W W NORTON
Pub. Date: 9/17/2009
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Available in both one-volume and two-volume paperback editions, A History of Modern Europe presents a panoramic survey of modern Europe from the Renaissance to the present day. A single author lends a unified approach and consistent style throughout, with an emphasis on the connections of events and people over time. The Third Edition, like the two before it, is authoritative and up-to-date. New to the Third Edition is the theme of empire. From the imperial rivalries between France and Spain in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, through t... MORE
| List of Maps | |
| Preface | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Revolutionary Europe, 1789-1850 | |
| The French Revolution | |
| The Old Regime in Crisis | |
| The First Stages of the Revolution | |
| Consolidating the Revolution | |
| War and the Second Revolution | |
| The Final Stages of the Revolution | |
| Perspectives on the French Rev... MORE | |
| Napoleon and Europe | |
| Napoleon's Rise to Power | |
| Consolidation of Power | |
| The Foundations of the French Empire | |
| The Tide Turns against Napoleon | |
| Monarchical Restoration and Napoleon's Return | |
| Napoleon's Legacy | |
| The Industrial Revolution | |
| Preconditions for Transformation | |
| A Variety of National Industrial Experiences | |
| The Middle Classes | |
| Middle-Class Culture | |
| The Ambiguities of Liberalism: Voluntarism versus State Intervention | |
| Impact of the Industrial Revolution | |
| Industrial Work and Workers | |
| The Origins of European Socialism | |
| Conclusion | |
| Liberal Challenges to Restoration Europe | |
| The Post-Napoleonic Settlement | |
| Restoration Europe | |
| Liberalism | |
| Romanticism | |
| Stirrings of Revolt | |
| Other Liberal Assaults on the Old Order | |
| Nationalist Dreams | |
| Crisis and Compromise in Great Britain | |
| Conclusion | |
| The Revolutions of 1848 | |
| Revolutionary Mobilization | |
| The Elusive Search for Revolutionary Consensus | |
| Counter-Revolution | |
| The Legacy of 1848 | |
| The Age of Mass Politics | |
| The Era of National Unification | |
| The Political Unification of Italy | |
| The Unification of Germany | |
| National Awakenings in the Habsburg Lands | |
| Conclusion | |
| The Dominant Powers in the Age of Liberalism: Parliamentary Britain, Tsarist Russia, and Republican France | |
| Victorian Britain | |
| Tsarist Russia | |
| France: Second Empire and Third Republic | |
| Republican France | |
| Conclusion | |
| Rapid Industrialization and Its Challenges, 1870-1914 | |
| The Second Industrial Revolution | |
| Social Change | |
| Cultural Changes: Education and Religion | |
| The Consumer Explosion | |
| Conclusion | |
| Political and Cultural Responses to a Rapidly Changing World | |
| State Social Reform | |
| Cultural Ferment | |
| Conclusion | |
| The Age of Europe an Imperialism | |
| From Colonialism to Imperialism | |
| The "New Imperialism" and the Scramble for Africa | |
| The Europe an Powers in Asia | |
| Domination of Indigenous Peoples | |
| Assessing the Goals of Europe an Imperialism | |
| Conclusion | |
| Cataclysm | |
| The Great War | |
| Entangling Alliances | |
| The Europe of Two Armed Camps, 1905-1914 | |
| The Final Crisis | |
| The Outbreak of War | |
| The Changing Nature of War | |
| The War Rages On | |
| The Final Stages of the War | |
| The Impact of the War | |
| Conclusion | |
| Revolutionary Russia and the Soviet Union | |
| War and Revolution | |
| The October Revolution | |
| Civil War | |
| The Soviet Union | |
| The Elusive Search for Stability in the 1920s | |
| The End of the War | |
| National and Ethnic Challenges | |
| Economic and Social Instability | |
| Political Instability | |
| Artists and Intellectuals in the Waste Land | |
| The Europe of Economic Depression and Dictatorship | |
| Economies in Crisis | |
| The Dynamics of Fascis | |
| The Third Reich | |
| The Soviet Union under Stalin | |
| The Spanish Civil War | |
| Conclusion | |
| World War II | |
| The Coming of World War II | |
| The War in Europe Begins | |
| A Global War | |
| Hitler's Europe | |
| The Tide Turns | |
| Allied Victory | |
| Conclusion | |
| Europe in The Post-War Era | |
| Rebuilding Divided Europe | |
| In the Wake of Devastation | |
| Economic Recovery and Prosperity, the Welfare State, and European Economic Cooperation | |
| Politics in the West in the Post-War Era | |
| Political Realignments | |
| Changing Contours of Life | |
| Conclusion | |
| The Cold War and the End of European Empires | |
| Cold War | |
| Decolonization | |
| Conclusion | |
| Transitions to Democracy and the Collapse of Communism | |
| Politics in a Changing Western World | |
| Religious and Ethnic Conflicts | |
| The Fall of Communism | |
| Conclusion | |
| Global Challenges: "Fortress Europe," European Cooperation, and the Uncertainties of a New Age | |
| Immigration to Europe | |
| European Community, European Union | |
| Opposition to Globalization | |
| The Threat of Terrorism | |
| Conclusion | |
| Further Readings | |
| Credits | |
| Index | |
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