Description
Europe and the Making of Modernity, 1815-1914 is a clear and engaging chronicle of the political, economic, social, and cultural changes that transformed Europe during the nineteenth century.
Features:
- Summarizes major issues and events of the French Revolution.
- Covers the period from the Congress of Vienna to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
- Incorporates discussions of gender, nationalism, imperialism, the rise of new social classes, and artistic representations of the modern world.
- Integrates the history of Eastern Europe.
- Explores the invention of modern political parties and the rise of nationalism and the nation-state.
- Charts the spread of democratic institutions and obstacles to reform.
- Examines the creation of European modernity through conflicts over identity, sovereignty, prosperity, security, and human nature.
- Includes chronologies, supplemental reading lists, maps, and illustrations.
- Ideal for undergraduate courses on nineteenth-century European history.