Nineteenth-Century Europe

ISBN-13: 9780333652459 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 440 str.

Michael Rapport

Opis

This new history of Europe spans from the French Revolution to the World War I. It weaves together the political, economic, social and cultural developments of the period and examines themes such as the relationship between state, civil society and the citizen; the emergency of mass politics (including women's emancipation movements); the impact of economic growth on society, politics and culture; and the development of identities (including gender, class and nation). While discussing events within the great powers, this useful text also ties smaller countries experiences into the narrative, for a comprehensive and thorough overview of Europe in the 19th century.

Spis treści

Preface.- PART I. REVOLUTIONARY EUROPE, 1789-1815.- Europe in 1789.- The French Revolution, 1789-1804.- The European Impact, 1789-1815.- PART II. CONSERVATIVE EUROPE, 1815-1850.- The Conservative Order.- Social Crises and Responses, 1815-1848.- Europe Overseas.- Europe between Revolutions, 1830-1848.- The European Revolution, 1848-1850.- PART III. A New Era? 1850-1879.- A New Era?.- Unifications and State-Building.- Containing the Tempest: Reform and Consolidation.- The Sinews of Power and the Means of Existence.- The Cultural Clash and the Growth of the Public.- PART IV: THE EMERGENCE OF MASS POLITICS, 1879-1914.- Towards Democracy? Feminism, Anarchism, Socialism.- The Nationalist Challenge.- Authoritarian and Conservative Responses.- Imperialism.- The Origins of the First World War.- Notes.- Bibliographic Essay

O autorze

MICHAEL RAPPORT is a Reader in European History at the University of Glasgow, UK.

Blurb

This book explores Europe's 'long nineteenth century', from the French Revolution in 1789 until the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. Telling the story of how Europeans entered politics in the fiery trials of revolution and industrialization, the account opens with the French Revolution, passes through the crucible of the 1848 Revolutions and ends with the emergence of mass movements - socialist, revolutionary, nationalist and authoritarian - which anticipated those of the twentieth century.

Along the way, Michael Rapport describes how people experienced the changes which affected European society, including:
- poverty and living conditions
- the abolition of serfdom (particularly in Russia)
- the changing status and role of women
- the expansion of education and literacy
- the growth of popular culture.
Rapport also considers international developments such as:
- warfare
- the unifications of Italy and Germany
- the emergence of new states in the Balkans
- the origins of the First World War
- European imperialism across the globe.

Paying attention to all of the major powers, but also to others, particularly Spain, Italy and the Balkan states, this is an ideal introduction for all those interested in the history of Europe in the nineteenth century.