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  • The Ascendancy of Europe

    1815-1914

    by M.S. Anderson ...
    This new edition of the seminal and best selling history of Europe's century of global ascendancy includes a new introduction and bibliography. The carefully drawn discussions are pulled together and reinforced by a new afterword. Presented in a new textbook format and thoroughly revised throughout, the survey provides students with an invaluable guide to a notoriously complex period.Lucidly ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • The Origins of the Modern European State System, 1494-1618

    by M.S. Anderson ...
    Series series The Modern European State System
    This study examines the early years of the post-medieval European states and the growth of a recognisably 'modern' system for handling their international relations. M S Anderson gives much of his space to France, Spain and England and to the state of the relations between them, as their various power plays rolled over Italy and the Low countries, but, he also incorporates the Northern and Eastern ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • The War of Austrian Succession 1740-1748

    by M.S. Anderson ...
    Series series Modern Wars In Perspective
    Set in motion by the disputed succession of Maria Theresa and her husband to the lands and dignities of Emperor Charles VI, this series of major conflicts (1740-48) involved far more than just the fate of the Habsurgs: soon, Austria, Prussia, France, Britain, Spain, Bavaria, Saxony and the Netherlands were embroiled in their different but interlocking power struggles, with profound long-term ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • The Rise of Modern Diplomacy 1450 - 1919

    by M.S. Anderson ...
    Though international relations and the rise and fall of European states are widely studied, little is available to students and non-specialists on the origins, development and operation of the diplomatic system through which these relations were conducted and regulated. Similarly neglected are the larger ideas and aspirations of international diplomacy that gradually emerged from its immediate ... Read more

    $102.99 USD

  • Peter the Great

    by M.S. Anderson ...
    Series series Profiles In Power
    An excellent introduction to the formidable life and career of Peter the Great and his impact on Russia. M.S. Anderson assesses his aims and achievements at home and abroad, and examines the pressures and restrictions that shaped his attitudes and limited his actions. ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Europe in the Eighteenth Century 1713-1789

    by M.S. Anderson ...
    Series series General History of Europe
    For 1st and 2nd year undergraduate courses in Modern European History in departments of history. Also, higher level courses on enlightenment.This book provides a wide-ranging account and discussion of the history of Europe from 1713-1789. As well as political events, problems and institutions, it looks at the economic life of the continent, social structures and problems and intellectual and ... Read more

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  • A History of Diplomacy

    by Jeremy Black ...
    In A History of Diplomacy, historian Jeremy Black challenges the conventional account of the development of diplomacy, devoting more attention to non-Western traditions and to the medieval West than is usually the case. By the nineteenth century a system of diplomacy was increasingly formalized. Black charts the course and evolution of ‘diplomacy’ in all its incarnations, concluding with the ... Read more

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  • A Short History of Europe

    From Charlemagne to the Treaty of Lisbon

    by Gordon Kerr ...
    Series series Short History
    From the coronation of Charlemagne in 800 to the signing of the Treaty of Lisbon in 2007, an accessible history of the people, ideas, institutions, and events that have shaped Europe during the last 1,200 yearsThis fascinating history for beginners provides a coherent map of the jumbled history of Europe and the European idea that has led up to this point. A continent of countless disparate ... Read more

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  • The Shortest History of Europe

    by John Hirst ...
    Celebrated historian John Hirst offers a fascinating exploration of the qualities that made Europe a world-changing civilisation.The Shortest History of Europe begins with a rapid overview of European civilisation, describing its birth from an unlikely mixture of classical learning, Christianity and German warrior culture. Over the centuries, this unstable blend produced highly distinctive ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Barricades and Borders

    Europe 1800-1914

    by Robert Gildea ...
    Series series Short Oxford History of the Modern World
    This is a comprehensive survey of European history from the coup d'etat of Napoleon Bonaparte in France to the assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand at Sarajevo, which led to the First World War. It concentrates on the twin themes of revolution and nationalism, which often combined in the early part of the century but which increasingly became rival creeds. Going beyond traditional political and ... Read more

    $81.89 USD

  • The 1848 Revolutions

    by Peter Jones ...
    Series series Seminar Studies
    In 1848 revolutions broke out all over Europe - in France, the Habsburg and German lands and the Italian peninsular. This Seminar Study considers why the revolutions occurred and why they were so widespread. The book offers a broad ranging investigation of the social, economic and political circumstances which led to the revolutions of 1848 as well as an account of the revolutions themselves. ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • The Pursuit of Power

    Europe 1815-1914

    Series series The Penguin History of Europe
    **An Economist Best Book of the Year“Sweeping . . . an ambitious synthesis . . . [Evans] writes with admirable narrative power and possesses a wonderful eye for local color . . . Fascinating.”—Stephen Schuker, The Wall Street JournalFrom the bestselling author of The Third Reich at War, a masterly account of Europe in the age of its global hegemony; the latest volume in the Penguin History of ... Read more

    $14.99 USD