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M S Anderson - The Ascendancy of Europe, 1815 - 1914, 2e
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Of the two editions:
Professor Anderson s book is one of the few that explains economic, social, military, intellectual and colonial developments in a clear, precise and engaging manner.
Teaching History
...well-written, stimulating, thoughtful...
French History
. ...an exceptionally helpful guide to a much deeper understanding of European history in these years.
History
...packed with shrewdness, wisdom and well-directed erudition...invaluable to university students (and teachers).
British Book News
In this well-known, best-selling book M S Anderson explores the major aspects of European history in the century from the Congress of Vienna to the First World War. This is not, in the main, a narrative of political or other events but rather a series of analytical surveys on a comparative and continent-wide basis. It gives full weight not only to political and economic factors but also to social and intellectual ones.
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The subjects treated in The Ascendancy of Europe include:
· the political and economic balance of power
· the mechanisms of government
· armed forces and war
· the movement of ideas
· states and nations
· Europe and the wider world.
For the second edition, Professor Anderson has reworked the text throughout and has added a completely new chapter on economic and social aspects.
The Author
M S Anderson is Professor Emeritus of International History in the University of London, and taught for many years at the London School of Economics. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and has written extensively on a wide range of topics in European History from the Sixteenth Century onwards.
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Synopsis
`Packed with shrewdness, wisdom and well-directed erudition...invaluable.'
British Book News`An exceptionally helpful guide to a much deeper understanding of European history in these years.'
History
`Professor Anderson's book is one of the few that explains economic, social, military, intellectual and colonial developments in a clear, precise and engaging manner.'
Teaching History
`Well-written, stimulating, thoughtful'
French History
In this well-known, best-selling book M S Anderson explores the major aspects of European history in the century from the Congress of Vienna to the First World War. More than a narrative of political or other events, this is a series of challenging analytical surveys on a comparative and continent-wide basis. `The Ascendancy of Europe, 1815-1914' gives full weight not only to political and economic factors but also to social and intellectual ones.
For the third edition, Professor Anderson has reworked the text, added a new preface and revised introduction and has updated the bibliography.
M S Anderson is Professor Emeritus of International History in the University of London. His many works include, `The Origins of the Modern European State System' (1998), `Peter the Great' (1995) and `Europe in the Eighteenth Century' (1997).
Synopsis
In this well-known, best-selling book M S Anderson explores the major aspects of European history in the century from the Congress of Vienna to the First World War. This is not, in the main, a narrative of political or other events but rather a series of analytical surveys on a comparative and continent-wide basis. It gives full weight not only to political and economic factors but also to social and intellectual ones.
The subjects treated in The Ascendancy of Europe include:
· the political and economic balance of power
· the mechanisms of government
· armed forces and war
· the movement of ideas
· states and nations
· Europe and the wider world.
For the second edition, Professor Anderson has reworked the text throughout and has added a completely new chapter on economic and social aspects.
M S Anderson is Professor Emeritus of International History in the University of London, and taught for many years at the London School of Economics. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and has written extensively on a wide range of topics in European History from the Sixteenth Century onwards.
Synopsis
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 written and constructed as a series of essays, the text covers the political and economic balance of power, the mechanics of government, economy and society, states, nations, europe and the world, Armed Forces and war and romanticism, evolution and consciousness.Reviews of the previous editions`Anderson's book is one of the few that explains economic, social, military, intellectual and colonial developments in a clear, precise and engaging manner.'Teaching History `Packed with shrewdness, wisdom and well-directed erudition...invaluble to university students and teachers.' British Book News
About the Author
M. S. Anderson is Professor Emeritus of International History at the University of London. He taught for many years at the London School of Economics and has written extensively on a wide range of topics in European History.
Table of Contents
Preface to the Second Edition.
Introduction.
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 Developments 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 Explorative of Consciousness and the Growth of Self-Doubt.
Conclusion.
Select Bibliography.
Index.