Author: Stephen J. Lee
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113497227X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 255

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First published in 1984. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author: Stephen J. Lee
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134966466
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 271

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Stephen Lee charts the most commonly encountered topics of nineteenth and twentieth century European history, from the origins of the French Revolution, through the social and political reforms of the last two centuries to the present.

Author: Stephen J. Lee
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 041503468X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 374

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Stephen Lee charts the most commonly encountered topics of nineteenth and twentieth century European history, from the origins of the French Revolution, through the social and political reforms of the last two centuries to the present.

Author: David S. Mason
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 1442205350
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 250

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Highlighting the most important events, ideas, and individuals that shaped modern Europe, A Concise History of Modern Europe provides a readable, succinct history of the continent from the Enlightenment and the French Revolution to the present day. Avoiding a detailed, lengthy chronology, the book focuses on key events and ideas to explore the causes and consequences of revolutions—be they political, economic, or scientific; the origins and development of human rights and democracy; and issues of European identity. Any reader needing a broad overview of the sweep of European history since 1789 will find this book, published in a first edition under the title Revolutionary Europe, an engaging and cohesive narrative.

Author: VD Mahajan
Publisher: S. Chand Publishing
ISBN: 9788121903387
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1014

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For Students of B.A, M.A and also useful for competitive examinations

Author: Robert Bideleux
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134719841
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 704

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A History of Eastern Europe: Crisis and Change is a wide-ranging single volume history of the "lands between", the lands which have lain between Germany, Italy, and the Tsarist and Soviet empires. Bideleux and Jeffries examine the problems that have bedevilled this troubled region during its imperial past, the interwar period, under fascism, under communism, and since 1989. While mainly focusing on the modern era and on the effects of ethnic nationalism, fascism and communism, the book also offers original, striking and revisionist coverage of: * ancient and medieval times * the Hussite Revolution, the Renaissance, the Reformation and the Counter-Reformation * the legacies of Byzantium, the Ottoman Empire and the Hapsburg Empire * the rise and decline of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth * the impact of the region's powerful Russian and Germanic neighbours * rival concepts of "Central" and "Eastern" Europe * the 1920s land reforms and the 1930s Depression. Providing a thematic historical survey and analysis of the formative processes of change which have played the paramount roles in shaping the development of the region, A History of Eastern Europe itself will play a paramount role in the studies of European historians.

Author: E. Neville Williams
Publisher: Puffin Books
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 528

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Covering the period between the accession of Henry VII of England and the beginning of the French Revolution, this reference provides detailed summaries on the major events, ideas and personalities as well as mainstream political history.

Author: Timothy Baycroft
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521598712
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 104

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This text analyzes nationalism in Europe from the French Revolution to the Second World War. Drawing on a wide range of examples, Timothy Baycroft explains what characterizes modern nations, what the theoretical roots of nationalism are, and what interaction there has been with other significant theories. The book also presents reasons for the overwhelming importance of nationalism in the development of modern European history.

Author: Luciano Canfora
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1405154594
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 310

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This history traces the development of democracy in Europe from its origins in ancient Greece up to the present day. Considers all the major watersheds in the development of democracy in modern Europe. Describes the rediscovery of Ancient Greek political ideals by intellectuals at the end of the eighteenth century. Examines the twenty-year crisis from 1789 to 1815, when the repercussions of revolution in France were felt across the European continent. Explains how events in France led to the explosion of democratic movements between 1830 and 1848. Compares the different manifestations of democracy within Eastern and Western Europe during the latter half of the nineteenth century. Considers fascism and its consequences for democracy in Europe during the twentieth century. Demonstrates how in the recent past democracy itself has become the object of ideological battles.

Author: Eric Hazan
Publisher: Verso Books
ISBN: 1781689849
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 434

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A bold new history of the French Revolution from the standpoint of the peasants, workers, women and sans culottes The assault on the Bastille, the Reign of Terror, Danton mocking his executioner, Robespierre dispensing a fearful justice, and the archetypal gadfly Marat—the events and figures of the French Revolution have exercised a hold on the historical imagination for more than 200 years. It has been a template for heroic insurrection and, to more conservative minds, a cautionary tale. In the hands of Eric Hazan, author of The Invention of Paris, the revolution becomes a rational and pure struggle for emancipation. In this new history, the first significant account of the French Revolution in over twenty years, Hazan maintains that it fundamentally changed the Western world—for the better. Looking at history from the bottom up, providing an account of working people and peasants, Hazan asks, how did they see their opportunities? What were they fighting for? What was the Terror and could it be justified? And how was the revolution stopped in its tracks? The People’s History of the French Revolution is a vivid retelling of events, bringing them to life with a multitude of voices. Only in this way, by understanding the desires and demands of the lower classes, can the revolutionary bloodshed and the implacable will of a man such as Robespierre be truly understood.