{"product_id":"europes-uncertain-path-18141914-9781405100533","title":"Europes Uncertain Path 18141914","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEurope's Uncertain Path\u003c\/i\u003e is an introduction to Europe's turbulent history from 1814 to 1914. It presents a clear narrative of the major political events, set against the backdrop of social, economic, and cultural change.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn introduction to Europe's turbulent history from 1814 to 1914\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides students with a solid grounding in the main political events and social changes of the period\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplains the causes and outcomes of major events: the effect of the emergence of mass politics; the evolution of political ideologies; and the link between foreign and domestic policy\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers balanced coverage of Eastern, Western, and Central Europe\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIllustrations, maps, and figures enhance student understanding\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Still, this efficient and useful survey reminds scholars that we should indeed continue to re-evaluate how we tell the story of the modern European world and its making.”  (\u003ci\u003eEuropean History Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 April 2015)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"His book offers a good introductory survey for first-year undergraduates, with a clear, relatively comprehensive, political narrative. This will provide students with a platform for more advanced studies and\/or reading.”  (\u003ci\u003eJournal of European Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, 14 November 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Maps ix  \u003cp\u003eList of Figures x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 A World Half Restored: The Vienna Settlement and the Restoration Regimes 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Nature of the Restored Regimes 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConstitutional Monarchies 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDespotism in Italy and Spain 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Eastern Autocracies 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Ottoman Empire 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Political Contestation from the Vienna Settlement to the 1830 Revolutions, 1814–1832 21\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFailed Revolutions 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConservative Consolidation 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eErosion of the Conservative Order on the European Periphery 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReform and Revolution in the West 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResistance to Change in South, Central, and East Europe 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Stability, Stasis or Decay?: Europe from 1830 to 1848 50\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStructural Sources of Stability in Inter-State Relations 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Thin Veneer of Ideology 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUtopian Socialism 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsolidation and the Constitutional Monarchies: Britain and France in the 1830s 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiberal Advance and Political Instability: Spain in the 1830s 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Volatile Complexity of Emergent Nationalism and Liberalism in Italy, Germany, and the Austrian Empire, 1830–1848 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eToward Crisis? The Constitutional Monarchies in the 1840s 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 The Underpinnings of Politics: Economic, Social, and Cultural Developments up to Mid-Century 76\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePopulation Growth and Agricultural Production 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRural Society: Peasants, Nobles, and Notables 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommerce, Industry, and the Emergent Urban Economy 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUrban Society 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eState Formation and Social Control 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCultural Trends: Religious Revival and Romantic Revolt 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Europe in Transition: The 1848 Revolutions and the Crimean War 104\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrigins 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Initial Wave 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Springtime of the Peoples 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Crucible: Politics up to the June Days 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIncomplete Conservative Recovery, July–December 1848 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the Balance: A Second Revolutionary Wave and Conservative Response, January–October 1849 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConservative Consolidation and the Spanish Exception 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew Departures on the Left: Scientifi c Socialism and Anarchism 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Return of Great Power Rivalry 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTaking Stock 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Wars of National Unifi cation and Revolution in the European States System, 1850s–1871 129\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDomestic Politics in the 1850s: Liberalism in the West 130\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAutocratic Politics in the 1850s 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Quixotic Foreign Policy of Louis-Napoleon: Italian Unifi cation 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePartial Unifi cation of Germany 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Early Stages of the Women's Movement 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDomestic Politics in the 1860s: Reform in the Autocracies 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDomestic Politics in the 1860s: Reform in Britain and France 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDomestic Politics in the 1860s: Instability in Italy and Spain 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBirth and Death: The Franco-Prussian War and Paris Commune 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Europe from the Paris Commune to the Fall of Bismarck, 1871–1892 162\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArms, Alliances, and Inter-State Relations in the 1870s 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Coming of Male Democracy 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDomestic Politics in the 1870s: Britain and France 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDomestic Politics in the 1870s: Spain and Italy 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDomestic Politics in the Eastern Autocracies in the 1870s 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInter-State Relations in the 1880s: The \"New Imperialism\" and the Demise of the Bismarckian Alliance System 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWest European Domestic Politics in the 1880s: Britain and France 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpain and Italy in the 1880s 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Eastern Empires during the 1880s 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 The Underpinnings of Politics: Economic, Social, and Cultural Developments from Mid-Century to 1914 199\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRising Population 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEconomic Expansion 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMid-Century Prosperity 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEconomic Slowdown 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Return of Rapid Growth 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial Change: Urbanization 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRural Society 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUrban Society 212\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eState Response to Economic and Social Change: Increasing Intervention 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAssociation \"Mania\" 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCultural Trends: Positivism and the Cult of Scientifi c Progress 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReligious Response 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGrowing Doubt 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMass Culture 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Toward Destruction?: From the 1890s to the mid-1900s 237\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInter-State Relations, 1890–1900: Shifting Alliances 238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInter-State Relations, 1900–1905: Partial Clarifi cation and Continued Flexibility 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDemocracy, Mass Politics, and the Women's Movement 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdaptation to Mass Politics in Britain and France 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMixed Signs in Spain and Italy 250\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUncertainty in the Autocracies: Germany and Austria-Hungary 255\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRevolution in Russia 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Transition Re-routed: From the Mid-1900s to the Great War 267\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDomestic Politics: The End or Beginning of an Era? 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvolution in Britain and Stalemate in France, 1906–14 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFailure in Spain and Italy 276\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eParliamentary Confl ict and the Limits to Opposition in Germany 280\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNationalist Divisions in the Dual Monarchy 283\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImperial Russia: One Step Back from the Brink of Revolution? 286\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eToward the Abyss: Inter-State Relations, 1905–14 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom the First Moroccan Crisis to the Annexation of Bosnia-Herzegovina, 1904–9 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTemporary Stabilization and the Return of Crisis, 1909–12 293\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Final Destruction of the European States System, 1911–14 294\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Causes of World War One 302\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCulmination? 305\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 309\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 317\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 324\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 338\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49529329451351,"sku":"9781405100533","price":28.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405100533.jpg?v=1731875195","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/europes-uncertain-path-18141914-9781405100533","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}