The ascendancy of Europe : 1815-1914 by Anderson, M. S. (Matthew Smith) instant download

The ascendancy of Europe : 1815-1914 by Anderson, M. S. (Matthew Smith) instant download

xii, 448 pages ; 24 cm, This edition of the history of Europe's century of global ascendancy includes a new introduction and bibliography. It covers the political and economic balance of power, the mechanics of government, economy and society, states, nations, Europe and the world, Previous edition: 1985, Includes bibliographical references and index, 1. The political and economic balance of power -- The concert of Europe, 1815-c. 1850 -- The balance of power revolutionized, c. 1850-1871 -- Germany and Europe, 1871-1914 -- 1914: the end of the old Europe -- 2. The mechanics of government: freedom and authority -- The old regime and its adversaries, 1815-1848 -- The revolutions of 1848 -- The age of reconstruction, 1849-1871 -- The growth of state power, 1871-1914 -- 3. Economy and society: the new and the old -- The growth of population -- The growth of industry and the emergence of industrial man -- The development of transport and its implications -- An age of cities -- The new society and the old -- The weight of the past: traditional Europe -- 4. States and nations -- The triumph of nationalism -- Challenges to nationalism -- Nationalism in the non-European world and the challenge to Europe -- Nationalism and progress -- 5. Europe and the world -- The process of expansion -- The roots of expansion -- The results of expansion -- 6. Armed forces and war -- Warfare in transition, 1815-1854 -- Warfare transformed, 1854-1871 -- Technology and mass armies, 1871-1914 -- 7. Romanticism, evolution, consciousness: the movement of ideas -- The romantic attitude -- The evolutionary credos -- The exploration of consciousness and the growth of self-doubt