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1 online resource (391 pages) |
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A Longman paperback |
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[The Modern European State System] |
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Longman paperback.
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Modern European state system.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of maps; Preface; 1 The rise of France, 1648-88; The peace of Westphalia, 1648; The last stage of the Franco-Spanish War, 1648-1659; Swedish supremacy in the north, 1648-1660; Louis XIV''s assumption of power and the War of Devolution, 1661-1668; Louis XIV''s preparations to attack the Dutch Republic, 1668-1672; The Dutch War, 1672-1679; The peace of Nymegen, 1678-1679; ''The Arbiter of Europe'', 1679-1688; 2 The rise of Britain, 1688-1714; The Nine Years War, 1688-1697; The peace of Ryswick, 1697 |
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The War of the Spanish Succession: from diplomacy to war, 1697-1702The War of the Spanish Succession, 1702-1713/1714; The peace of Utrecht-Rastadt, 1713-1714; 3 The emergence of Austria and Russia, 1660-1721; The creation of the Austrian empire and the defeat of the Turks, 1660-1699; The Great Northern War, 1700-1721; The formation of the anti-Swedish coalition, 1697-1700; Charles XII defeats the northern allies, 1700-8; The collapse of the Swedish empire, 1708-16; The collapse of the northern coalition and the conclusion of peace with Sweden, 1716-21 |
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4 British diplomatic ascendancy and the entente, 1714-1731The European system after the peace of Utrecht-Rastadt; Austro-Spanish rivalry and the beginnings of the Anglo-French entente, 1714-1716; The Quadruple Alliance, 1717-1720; The collapse of the Quadruple Alliance system, 1720-1724; Uneasy peace in the north, 1721-1725; Cold War in Europe, 1724-1728; The decline of the Anglo-French entente, 1728-1731; 5 The recovery of Prance, 1731-1739; The European states system after the Second Treaty of Vienna; The great powers and the Polish election of 1733 |
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The War of the Polish Succession, 1733-1738The Austro-Russian War against the Ottoman Empire, 1735-1739; 6 A new pattern, 1739-1763; The War of Jenkins'' Ear; The War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-1748; The peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, 1748; The unofficial Anglo-French War in America, 1748-1755; The Diplomatic Revolution; The Seven Years War in Europe, 1756-1763; The Seven Years War overseas; 7 Diplomacy and the European states system; 8 Partition diplomacy in eastern Europe, 1763-1795; The European system after the Seven Years War; The first partition of Poland, 1763-1772 |
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Habsburg attempts to acquire Bavaria, 1777-1785Russian expansion in the Balkans, 1772-1792; The destruction of Poland, 1772-1795; 9 Anglo-Bourbon relations in Europe and overseas, 1763-1790; Anglo-French relations after the Seven Years War, 1763-1774; Britain, the Bourbon powers and American independence, 1775-1783; British recovery and Bourbon eclipse, 1783-1790; 10 Europe and the French Revolution, 1789-1802; The outbreak of the Revolution; The origins of the War of 1792; The War of the First Coalition, 1793-1797; The War of the Second Coalition, 1798-1802; 11 Napoleon and Europe, 1802-1815 |
| Summary |
The heyday of the European states system was in the century before the First World War. How the system of five great powers in conscious equilibrium came into being is the central theme of this book |
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Nepoleon and the European states system |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 07, 2019) |
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Great powers -- History -- 17th century
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Great powers -- History -- 18th century
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Great powers -- History -- 19th century
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
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Great powers
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| SUBJECT |
Europe -- History -- 1648-1789. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045700
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Europe -- History -- 1789-1815. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045703
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Europe
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Scott, H. M. (Hamish M.), 1946- author.
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| ISBN |
9781317872849 |
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1317872843 |
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9781317872832 |
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1317872835 |
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