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Europe, 1715-1919 : from enlightenment to world war / Shirley Elson Roessler and Reny Miklos.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2003.Description: xvi, 317 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0742527670 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Contents:
Maps -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1: Ideas Shape The Modern State -- Age of Enlightenment -- Society and culture -- Society and economics -- Society and politics -- 2: War, Revolution, And The Modern State -- International rivalry in the eighteenth century -- Old regimes under stress -- French revolution -- Napoleon Bonaparte -- Congress of Vienna and the hundred days -- 3: Industrialization Shapes The Nation-State -- Revolution in industry and labor -- Politics in the Age of Metternich -- Reform and revolution -- Industry transforms society -- Challenges of nation building -- 4: War, Revolution, And The Nation-State -- Political landscape: 1870-1914 -- Road to conflict -- Great War: 1914-1918 -- End of the Great War. Appendix -- 1: Spirit of laws / Baron Charles de Secondat de Motesquieu -- 2: Essay on crimes and punishments / Cesare Beccaria -- 3: Inquiry into the nature and the causes of the wealth of nations / Adam Smith -- 4: Vindication of the rights of women / Mary Wollstonecraft -- 5: Frederich the Great, address to his generals and staff officers -- 6: Maria Theresa, letter to her son regarding the partition of Poland -- 7: George III, letter to Lord North on the necessity of subduing the American colonies -- 8: Viscount Noailles, speech to the National Assembly -- 9: Revolutionary calendar -- 10: Madame de Remusat, commenting on attitudes toward Napoleon Bonaparte -- 11: Testimony given before the Ashley Mines Commission -- 12: Proclamation of independence issued by the Greek National Assembly -- 13: Manifesto of the Communist Party / Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels -- 14: People's charter of 1842 -- 15: Decrees issued by the French provisional government -- 16: Congress of labor leaders issue a socialist program at Gotha in 1875 -- 17: Herbert Spencer, unimpeded struggle is a requisite for progress -- 18: Victor Emmanuel, address at the opening session of Italian Parliament -- 19: Ems telegram -- 20: Alexander II, on the emancipation of the Russian serfs -- 21: Letter from the "executive committee of the will of the people" to Tsar Alexander III -- 22: Austrian ultimatum to Serbia -- 23: Prince Regent Alexander of Serbia, telegram to Tsar Nicholas -- 24: Private Donald Fraser, journal -- 25: Woodrow Wilson, "speech on the fourteen points" -- 26: Vladimir Lenin, rebuttal to opponents of insurrection -- 27: Treaty of Versailles -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the authors.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-296) and index.

Maps -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1: Ideas Shape The Modern State -- Age of Enlightenment -- Society and culture -- Society and economics -- Society and politics -- 2: War, Revolution, And The Modern State -- International rivalry in the eighteenth century -- Old regimes under stress -- French revolution -- Napoleon Bonaparte -- Congress of Vienna and the hundred days -- 3: Industrialization Shapes The Nation-State -- Revolution in industry and labor -- Politics in the Age of Metternich -- Reform and revolution -- Industry transforms society -- Challenges of nation building -- 4: War, Revolution, And The Nation-State -- Political landscape: 1870-1914 -- Road to conflict -- Great War: 1914-1918 -- End of the Great War. Appendix -- 1: Spirit of laws / Baron Charles de Secondat de Motesquieu -- 2: Essay on crimes and punishments / Cesare Beccaria -- 3: Inquiry into the nature and the causes of the wealth of nations / Adam Smith -- 4: Vindication of the rights of women / Mary Wollstonecraft -- 5: Frederich the Great, address to his generals and staff officers -- 6: Maria Theresa, letter to her son regarding the partition of Poland -- 7: George III, letter to Lord North on the necessity of subduing the American colonies -- 8: Viscount Noailles, speech to the National Assembly -- 9: Revolutionary calendar -- 10: Madame de Remusat, commenting on attitudes toward Napoleon Bonaparte -- 11: Testimony given before the Ashley Mines Commission -- 12: Proclamation of independence issued by the Greek National Assembly -- 13: Manifesto of the Communist Party / Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels -- 14: People's charter of 1842 -- 15: Decrees issued by the French provisional government -- 16: Congress of labor leaders issue a socialist program at Gotha in 1875 -- 17: Herbert Spencer, unimpeded struggle is a requisite for progress -- 18: Victor Emmanuel, address at the opening session of Italian Parliament -- 19: Ems telegram -- 20: Alexander II, on the emancipation of the Russian serfs -- 21: Letter from the "executive committee of the will of the people" to Tsar Alexander III -- 22: Austrian ultimatum to Serbia -- 23: Prince Regent Alexander of Serbia, telegram to Tsar Nicholas -- 24: Private Donald Fraser, journal -- 25: Woodrow Wilson, "speech on the fourteen points" -- 26: Vladimir Lenin, rebuttal to opponents of insurrection -- 27: Treaty of Versailles -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the authors.