Nineteenth Century: Europe 1789-1914 / Edition 1

by T. C. W. Blanning

Overview

In the nineteenth century Europe changed more rapidly and more radically than during any prior period. These six specially commissioned chapters by eminent historians offer the student and general reader a unique approach to understanding one of the most complex periods of modern history, addressing all the major issues in Europe's political, social, economic, cultural, international, and Imperial history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	2900198731350
Publisher:	Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date:	08/10/2000
Series:	Short Oxford History of Europe Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

About the Author

T.C.W. Blanning is Professor of Modern European History at the University of Cambridge.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors
Introduction: The End of the Old Regime, T.C.W. Blanning
Politics, Robert Tombs
Society, Colin Heywood
The European Economy, 1815-1914, Niall Ferguson
Culture, James Sheehan
International Politics, Peace, and War, 1815-1914, Paul W. Schroeder
Overseas Expansion, Imperialism, and Empire, 1815-1914, A.G. Hopkins
Conclusion, T.C.W. Blanning
Further Reading
Chronology
Maps
Index

Editorial Reviews

Compendious, informed, instructive, readable and easy to handle...coulourful and lively essays...Tim Blanning and his colleagues have done justice to the fraught, fantastic times they have had to grapple with.
—Times Literary Supplement

Eugen Weber