Barricades and Borders : Europe 1800-1914 Paperback / softback
by Robert (, Professor of Modern French History, University of Oxford) Gildea
Part of the Short Oxford History of the Modern World series
Paperback / softback
Description
This is a comprehensive survey of European history from the coup d'etat of Napoleon Bonaparte in France to the assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand at Sarajevo, which led to the First World War.
It concentrates on the twin themes of revolution and nationalism, which often combined in the early part of the century but which increasingly became rival creeds.
Going beyond traditional political and diplomatic history, the book incorporates the results of recent research on population movements, the expansion of markets, the accumulation of capital, social mobility, education, changing patterns of leisure, religious practices, and intellectual and artistic developments. The work falls into three chronological sections. The first, starting in 1800 (rather than the more usual 1815) follows the build-up of the revolutionary currents which were eventually going to erupt in the `Year of Revolutions' 1848.
The second, from 1850 to 1880, deals with the golden age of capitalism, the successful culmination of struggles for national unification, and the threat of anarchism.
The concluding chapters look at the social and political stresses caused by socialism and national minorities, at new attempts by government to order society, imperial rivalry, and the descent into a war which was to mark the end of nineteenth-century Europe.
For this third edition, Dr Gildea has substantially revised the text and maps, and completely updated the bibliography.
Newly-added introductory sections guide the reader through the wealth of material in each chapter.
The new edition also includes for the first time a full Chronology of the period, a list of leading state ministers, and family trees for all the major dynasties.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:544 pages, numerous maps and tables
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:06/03/2003
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- ISBN:9780199253005
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:544 pages, numerous maps and tables
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:06/03/2003
- Category:
- ISBN:9780199253005
