| Description |
xi, 467 pages : maps. ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: I THE COMING OF REVOLUTION IN FRANCE, 1789 I -- I The Estates General I -- 2 The revolt of the bourgeoisie 6 -- 3 The revolt of the Paris crowd 8 -- 4 The revolt of the peasantry 13 -- 5 The triumph of the revolution 16 -- II THE REVOLUTION AT WORK, 1789-92 20 -- I Paris and the Constituent Assembly 20 -- 2 Reform and reconstruction 24 -- 3 Counter-revolution 33 -- 4 The Legislative Assembly and the outbreak of war 36 -- III THE HABSBURGS AND THE DEFENCE OF THE OLD ORDER 41 -- I The Habsburgs and the revolt of the aristocracy 41 -- z The Habsburgs and the people 45 -- 3 Revolt in Hungary and Belgium 50 -- 4 Leopold and the policy of compromise 53 -- 5 The Holy Roman Empire and the outbreak of war with -- France 57 -- IV THE REVOLUTION AT WAR, 1792-4 65 -- I The second revolt of the Paris crowd 65 -- 2 Girondins andJacobins 70 -- 3 The Jacobin dictatorship 76 -- v EUROPE AGAINST THE REVOLUTION 87 -- I Motives for war 87 -- 2 The Second Partition of Poland 93 -- 3 The First Coalition in action 97 -- 4 The Third Partition of Poland and the collapse of the First -- Coalition 0oo -- VI FRANCE AND THE EXPANSION OF PROGRESS, 1794-9 103 -- I The Thermidorean reaction 103 -- 2 The Directory 107 -- 3 The Italian campaign and the coup d'etat of fructidor i11 -- 4 The Egyptian campaign and the coups d'ctat offlor6al and -- brumaire i16 -- 5 Progress in Europe 120 -- VII FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON, 1799-1815 125 -- I The Consulate 125 -- 2 The Empire 134 -- vIII FROM AMIENS TO TILSIT: THE EXPANSION OP THE FRENCH -- EMPIRE 142 -- I The breach of the Peace of Amiens 142 -- 2 France plans invasion: Britain forms a coalition 144 -- 3 Austerlitz and Trafalgar 148 -- 4 From Pressburg to Tilsit I15 -- IX ECONOMIC WARFARE 158 -- I The Continental System and the Orders in Council 158 -- 2 Depression and revival in Britain, 1807-10 163 -- 3 Crises in France and Britain, I8io-12 165 -- x SPAIN AND NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE 172 -- I Diplomatic overture 172 -- 2 The condition of Spain 173 -- 3 Godoy 179 -- 4 The Napoleonic invasion and the rebellion of Spain 182 -- 5 The Peninsular War 188 -- XI RUSSIA AND THE MISSION TO THE WEST 192 -- I Diplomacy and war, 1807-12 192 -- 2 The condition of Russia 197 -- 3 Reaction and reform in Russia, 1789-1812 202 -- 4 The Moscow campaign 2o8 -- XII GERMANY AND THE REJECTION OP THE UNIVERSAL STATE 216 -- I The universal state 216 -- 2 German romanticism and the rise of Prussia 224 -- xIII THE FALL OF THE NAPOLEONIC EMPIRE 233 -- I The campaign of 1813 233 -- 2 The campaign of 1814 236 -- 3 The Bourbon Restoration and the First Treaty of Paris 238 -- 4 The Hundred Days and the Waterloo campaign 240 -- 5 The Waterloo campaign and the Second Treaty of Paris 242 -- XIV EUROPEAN MANAGEMENT, 1815-25 249 -- I Treaties and alliances 249 -- 2 The Concert of Europe and the policy of intervention 257 -- 3 The independence of the South American colonies 261 -- 4 The Eastern Question 265 -- xv METTERNICH'S EUROPE, 1815-35 269 -- I Metternich's principles and the spirit of the age 269 -- 2 The Austrian Empire 274 -- 3 Italy 279 -- 4 The Papacy 283 -- 5 The Confederation of Germany 288 -- xvI THE WIND OP CHANGE 295 -- I The Balkan turmoil 295 -- 2 The July Revolution in France 302 -- 3 Threats to the balance of power 311 -- xvI NATIONALISM AND REVOLUTION, 1830-51 316 -- I The growth of ideas 316 -- 2 France: example or warning? 322 -- 3 The Austrian Empire 334 -- 4 Germany 341 -- 5 Italy 350 -- xvIII A NEW OUTLOOK, 1850-70 358 -- I From revolution to realpolitik 358 -- 2 Realism 362 -- 3 Teeming populations and a wider world 369 -- XIX THE DEFEAT OF AUTOCRATIC RUSSIA 372 -- I The police state 372 -- 2 Alliances and alignments, 1833-51 377 -- 3 The Crimean War 380 |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography (pages 441-443) and index |
| SUBJECT |
Europe -- History -- 1789-1815. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045703
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Europe -- History -- 1815-1871. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045710
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| LC no. |
73179038 |
| ISBN |
0713156236 |
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