Synopses & Reviews
Cover the major political events of this turbulent period and examines the lives or ordinary people and considers broad social and economic developments. Covers four major themes: the economic responses to the rapid rise in population; the transformation of the old regime to a civil society of property owners; the increase in power of the state and the often violent and dramatic struggles for political participation in an age of social crisis and cultural change. Also available in Hardcover 0-582-29447-9 $79.95.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [432]-458) and index.
Table of Contents
Introduction: The Age of Revolution seen from the Twenty-First Century. 1. Europe at the End of the Old Regime 2. A Decade of Revolution: France, 1789-99. 3. The French Revolution and Europe. 4. Napoleon's Europe 5. Social and Economic Change, 1780-1850. 6. The Shapes of Public Life, 1815-50. 7. In the Shadow of the Past, 1815-32. 8. Old Certainties and New Vistas, 1830-51. 9. The Age of Revolution in European History. Annotated Further Reading. Index.