Europe 1715-1919

From Enlightenment to World War

By (author) Shirley Elson Roessler, Reny Miklos

Publication date:

09 December 2003

Length of book:

320 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN-13: 9780742527669

Europe 1715-1919 explores the tumultuous period in European history between the Age of Enlightenment and World War I. By integrating political, social, economic, and cultural history, Shirley Elson Roessler and Reny Miklos provide an entertaining and comprehensive account of the emergence of modern Europe. With clear and eloquent prose, the book explains the ideas of the Enlightenment and their effect on the social fabric of Europe, the watershed of the French Revolution, the rise and fall of Napoleon, the advances of the Industrial Revolution, and the centrifugal forces of nationalism that led, ultimately, to the disaster of World War I. Eminently readable, Europe 1715-1919 will appeal to students, scholars, and all interested in the history of modern Europe.

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Ideas Shape the Modern State Part 3 Age of Enlightenment Part 4 Society and Culture Part 5 Society and Economics Part 6 Society and Politics Chapter 7 War, Revolution, and the Modern State Part 8 International Rivalry in the Eighteenth Century Part 9 Old Regimes under Stress Part 10 The French Revolution Part 11 Napoleon Bonaparte Part 12 The Congress of Vienna and the Hundred Days Chapter 13 Industrialization Shapes the Nation State Part 14 Revolution in Industry and Labour Part 15 Politics in the Age of Metternich Part 16 Reform and Revolution Part 17 Industry Transforms Society Part 18 The Challenges of Nation-Building Chapter 19 War, Revolution, and the Nation State Part 20 The Political Landscape:1870-1914 Part 21 The Road to Conflict Part 22 The Great War:1914-1918 Part 23 The End of the Great War Chapter 24 Appendix Chapter 25 Bibliography

If one charged two historians to produce a concise and lucid survey of general European history from the Treaty of Utrecht to the Treaty of Versailles, it would be hard to imagine a better book than this. Canadian scholars Roessler and Miklos have produced a text with a clear sense of what will engage students. This text may be used by itself or can serve as a handbook to provide continuity to a course using additional documents. Highly recommended.