wyszukanych pozycji: 7
From Louis XIV to Napoleon: The Fate of a Great Power
ISBN: 9781857289343 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Much of the period 1661-1815 appeared to be the age of France. France was the greatest power in Western Europe in the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and Louis XIV and Napoleon seemed to dominate their periods.
yet when Louis XIV died in 1715, and again after Napoleon's attempt to resume power was defeated at Waterloo a century later, France appeared as a waning power. This failure in Europe was matched on the world scale. France was overtaken by Britain in the struggle for maritime predominance, and ended the period with her empire in ruins. From Louis XIV to Napoleon... Much of the period 1661-1815 appeared to be the age of France. France was the greatest power in Western Europe in the late seventeenth and eighteenth ...
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Europe and the World, 1650-1830
ISBN: 9780415255691 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Europe and the World, 1650-1830 is an important thematic study of the first age of globalisation. It surveys the interaction of Europe, Europe's growing colonies and other major global powers, such as the Ottoman Empire, China, India and Japan. Focusing on Europe's impact on the world, Jeremy Black analyses European attitudes, exploration, trade and acquisition of knowledge.
Europe and the World, 1650-1830 is an important thematic study of the first age of globalisation. It surveys the interaction of Europe, Europ...
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259,80 zł |
Europe and the World, 1650-1830
ISBN: 9780415255684 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Focusing on Europe's impact on the world, Jeremy Black analyses European attitudes, exploration, trade and acquisition of knowledge. Europe and the World, 1650-1830 is an important thematic study of the first age of globalisation.
Focusing on Europe's impact on the world, Jeremy Black analyses European attitudes, exploration, trade and acquisition of knowledge. Europe and the Wo...
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701,59 zł |
Britain as a Military Power, 1688-1815
ISBN: 9781138987913 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In 1688, Britain was successfully invaded, its army and navy unable to prevent the overthrow of the government. 1815, Britain was the strongest power in the world with the most succesful navy and the largest empire. Britain had not only played a prominent role in the defeat of Napoleonic France, but had also established itself as a significant power in South Asia and was unsurpassed in her global reach. Her military strength was related to, and based on, one of the best systems of public finance in the world and held a strong trade position. This illustrated text assesses the military...
In 1688, Britain was successfully invaded, its army and navy unable to prevent the overthrow of the government. 1815, Britain was the strongest power...
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The British Empire: A History and a Debate
ISBN: 9781472459664 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. What was the course and consequence of the British Empire? The rights and wrongs, strengths and weaknesses of empire are a major topic in global history, and deservedly so. Focusing on the most prominent and wide-ranging empire in world history, the British empire, Jeremy Black provides not only a history of that empire, but also a perspective from which to consider the issues of its strengths and weaknesses, and rights and wrongs. In short, this is history both of the past, and of the present-day discussion of the past, that recognises that discussion over historical empires is in part a...
What was the course and consequence of the British Empire? The rights and wrongs, strengths and weaknesses of empire are a major topic in global histo...
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British Politics and Foreign Policy, 1744-57: Mid-Century Crisis
ISBN: 9781472423696 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 282 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The years between 1744 and 1757 were a testing time for the British government as political unrest at home exploded into armed rebellion, whilst on the continent French armies were repeatedly victorious. Providing an analytical narrative, supported by thematic chapters, this book examines the relationship between Britain s politics and foreign policy in a period not hitherto treated as a unit. Building upon methods employed in the preceding two books ( Politics and Foreign Policy in the Age of George I, 1714-1727 and Politics and Foreign Policy, 1727-44 ), this volume charts the significant...
The years between 1744 and 1757 were a testing time for the British government as political unrest at home exploded into armed rebellion, whilst on th...
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701,59 zł |
The Tory World: Deep History and the Tory Theme in British Foreign Policy, 1679-2014
ISBN: 9781472414281 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 412 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Political decisions are never taken in a vacuum but are shaped both by current events and historical context. In other words, long-term developments and patterns in which the accumulated memory of what came earlier, can greatly (and sometimes subconsciously) influence subsequent policy choices. Working forward from the later seventeenth century, this book explores the a deep history' of the changing and competing understandings within the Tory party of the role Britain has aspired to play on a world stage. Conservatism has long been one of the major British political tendencies, committed to...
Political decisions are never taken in a vacuum but are shaped both by current events and historical context. In other words, long-term developments a...
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701,59 zł |