Europe 1715-1919 explores the tumultuous period in European history between the Age of Enlightenment and World War I. By integrating political, social, economic, and cultural history, Shirley Elson Roessler and Reny Miklos provide an entertaining and comprehensive account of the emergence of modern Europe. With clear and eloquent prose, the book explains the ideas of the Enlightenment and their effect on the social fabric of Europe, the watershed of the French Revolution, the rise and fall of Napoleon, the advances of the Industrial Revolution, and the centrifugal forces of nationalism that led, ultimately, to the disaster of World War I. Eminently readable, Europe 1715-1919 will appeal to students, scholars, and all interested in the history of modern Europe.

Auteur
Shirley Elson Roessler teaches in the Department of History and Classics at the University of Alberta. She is the author of the award-winning book Out of the Shadows: Women and Politics in the French Revolution, 1789-1795. Reny Miklos is an instructor in the College Preparation program of the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology.

Contenu

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Ideas Shape the Modern State
Chapter 3 Age of Enlightenment
Chapter 4 Society and Culture
Chapter 5 Society and Economics
Chapter 6 Society and Politics
Chapter 7 War, Revolution, and the Modern State
Chapter 8 International Rivalry in the Eighteenth Century
Chapter 9 Old Regimes under Stress
Chapter 10 The French Revolution
Chapter 11 Napoleon Bonaparte
Chapter 12 The Congress of Vienna and the Hundred Days
Chapter 13 Industrialization Shapes the Nation State
Chapter 14 Revolution in Industry and Labour
Chapter 15 Politics in the Age of Metternich
Chapter 16 Reform and Revolution
Chapter 17 Industry Transforms Society
Chapter 18 The Challenges of Nation-Building
Chapter 19 War, Revolution, and the Nation State
Chapter 20 The Political Landscape:1870-1914
Chapter 21 The Road to Conflict
Chapter 22 The Great War:1914-1918
Chapter 23 The End of the Great War
Chapter 24 Appendix
Chapter 25 Bibliography