Europe 1715-1919: From Enlightenment to World WarRowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2003 M12 9 - 320 páginas 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. |
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... institutions. Gradually, this philosophical expression of a new worldview came to reverberate throughout the cultural, economic, and political realms. As modern Europe took shape, rivalry in various spheres emerged among states and was ...
... institutions. Gradually, this philosophical expression of a new worldview came to reverberate throughout the cultural, economic, and political realms. As modern Europe took shape, rivalry in various spheres emerged among states and was ...
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... institutions promoting scientific study. Scientists corresponded, traveled, visited, and organized bodies such as the Royal Society of London and the Royal Academy of Science in France, proposed projects, held meetings, and published ...
... institutions promoting scientific study. Scientists corresponded, traveled, visited, and organized bodies such as the Royal Society of London and the Royal Academy of Science in France, proposed projects, held meetings, and published ...
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... institutions. In this way, Locke's theory contributed to the view that planned constructive action for the purpose of changing institutions and altering collective behavior can ultimately result in social progress. The question of ...
... institutions. In this way, Locke's theory contributed to the view that planned constructive action for the purpose of changing institutions and altering collective behavior can ultimately result in social progress. The question of ...
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... institutions were scrutinized in the confidence that natural laws could be discovered and used to implement constructive reforms. Such activities soon brought them into conflict with authority, with the result that the intellectual ...
... institutions were scrutinized in the confidence that natural laws could be discovered and used to implement constructive reforms. Such activities soon brought them into conflict with authority, with the result that the intellectual ...
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... institutions, Montesquieu concluded that climate and geography determined social customs and forms of government. He attributed vigor, courage, and virtue to people in colder climates and deemed warmer zones more conducive to passion ...
... institutions, Montesquieu concluded that climate and geography determined social customs and forms of government. He attributed vigor, courage, and virtue to people in colder climates and deemed warmer zones more conducive to passion ...
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2 WAR REVOLUTION AND THE MODERN STATE | 57 |
3 INDUSTRIALIZATION SHAPES THE NATIONSTATE | 117 |
4 WAR REVOLUTION AND THE NATIONSTATE | 183 |
APPENDIX | 249 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 293 |
INDEX | 297 |
ABOUT THE AUTHORS | 317 |
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